Journal of an Ordinary Grief Author:Mahmoud Darwish Journal of an Ordinary Grief is the first of three major prose works that span Mahmoud Darwish's career. The book first appeared in 1973, two years after the poet went into exile. These essays take a close look at the existentially complex situation the Palestinians in Israel face and the ambiguity of Darwish's own identity as an Israeli ... more »Palestinian. These meditative autobiographical pieces also explore the meaning of resistance.Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was one of the most acclaimed poets in the Arab world. His twenty books of poetry include Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?A River Dies of Thirst, Mural, The Bed of the Stranger, and In the Presence of Absence (forthcoming from Archipelago Books). In 2001 Darwish was awarded the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize.« less