Bitter English Alice Notley and attend to the moments

and attend to the moments when coherence appears to take place or dissolve

/ van lange stilte slijpend staal’

these smuggled words that no border can stop" – with which to fight persecution and exile

In zijn vijfde dichtbundel zet Stitou een wereld neer die zowel archaïsch is als hedendaags

een schip loswrikt dat wacht

Bitter English Alice Notley and attend to the momentsAhmad Almallah Imagine you are a Palestinian who came to America as a young man, eventually finding yourself caught between the country you live in with your wife and daughter, and the homeand parentsyou left behind. Imagine living every day in your nonnative language and becoming estranged from your native tongue, which you use less and less as you become more ensconced in the United States. This is the story told by Ahmad Almallah in Bitter English,