{"product_id":"thalassa-by-leena-aboutaleb","title":"Thalassa by leena aboutaleb","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e7\/7\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleena aboutaleb’s debut collection is a magnetic mourning, suspended in the threads of eternity. Lush and poignant, THALASSA is a love song of misery and grief, tracing the poet’s steps as she dives into the Underworld in search of her brother. THALASSA is a map of the seen and unseen realms. ‘Like teethbones, I fail to forget you,’ aboutaleb bemoans, ‘I knew you. I knew you.’ Dreamlike, her elegy lights the passage of despair and hope as the poet collapses the ephermal threshold between the dead and the living. Grief is a sea, and leena aboutaleb shows us how to build a boat to find our way home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleena aboutaleb is an Egyptian and Palestinian writer who asks you to commit to the Palestinian liberation struggle. She is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHALASSA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e forthcoming with Game Over Books. Her pamphlet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExpeditions of Projection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was released in 2023 (VIBE). Her film, ‘Oracle,’ co-produced with Youssef ElNahas debuted in Venice, 2025. She is a Brooklyn Poets fellow, a Kundiman fellow and Tin House scholar. Read her work at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leenaboutaleb.onl\/\" rel=\"noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewww.leenaboutaleb.onl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brooklyn Poets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67547861385398,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0201\/8796\/files\/OIP-111088552.jpg?v=1790367132","url":"https:\/\/swag.brooklynpoets.org\/products\/thalassa-by-leena-aboutaleb","provider":"Brooklyn Poets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}