{"id":10803,"date":"2013-08-09T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=10803"},"modified":"2013-08-09T04:46:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T08:46:11","slug":"more-darwish-remembrance-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/more-darwish-remembrance-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"More Darwish Remembrance & Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking around the web, here is another celebration of Darwish on this anniversary, via\u00a0Arabic Literature (in English)<\/strong>\u00a0blog, with useful links to a range of materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Selected Works: On the 5th Anniversary of Mahmoud Darwish\u2019s\u00a0Death<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died on August 9, 2008:<\/i><\/p>\n

I particularly appreciate\u00a0<\/i>this 2002 interview Darwish gave to Raja Shehadeh<\/i><\/a>:<\/i><\/p>\n

Raja Shehadeh:<\/b>\u00a0Do you build on the work of others?<\/p>\n

Mahmoud Darwish:<\/b>\u00a0Yes. Very much so. I feel that no poem starts from nothing. Humanity has produced such a huge poetic output, much of it of a very high caliber. You are always building on the work of others. There is no blank page from which to start. All you can hope for is to find a small margin on which to write your signature.<\/p>\n

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RS:<\/b>\u00a0What sort of continuity is there in your own poetry?<\/p>\n

MD:<\/b>\u00a0I have found that I have no poem that does not have its seeds in a poem that preceded it. Several critics have brought this to my attention. There is always a line or a word in an earlier work that I manage to take up and develop. My worry is always what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

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RS:<\/b>\u00a0Have you been writing prose?<\/p>\n

MD:<\/b>\u00a0I like prose. I feel that sometimes prose can achieve a poetic state more poignant than poetry. But time is passing and my poetic project is still incomplete. There is competition in my personality between prose and poetry, but my bias is toward poetry.<\/p>\n

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RS:\u00a0<\/b>Which is easier for the poet, to live in a city such as Paris or in a large village like Ramallah?<\/p>\n

MD:<\/b>\u00a0For gaining in experience and furthering one\u2019s knowledge, the city is the better locale, but for getting on with the writing process the village has fewer distractions. The smaller the place the better for writing. In my house the room I write in is the smallest in the house.<\/p>\n

The Institute for Palestine Studies\u00a0<\/b>also has a\u00a0Special Focus Collection<\/a>\u00a0on the 5th anniversary of Darwish’s death. It includes:<\/p>\n

Remembering Mahmud Darwish (1941-2008)<\/a>\u00a0by Rashid Khalidi<\/p>\n

A Love Story Between an Arab Poet and His Land: An Interview with Mahmud Darwish<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cruelest of Months, by Mahmud Darwish<\/p>\n

Mahmud Darwish\u2019s A%egorical Critique of Oslo<\/a>\u00a0by Sinan Antoon<\/p>\n

Other interviews:<\/b><\/p>\n

In\u00a0Haaretz:\u00a0<\/i>“The Return of the Modest Poet”<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected work:<\/b><\/p>\n

“Silence for the Sake of Gaza,”<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Journal of an Ordinary Grief,\u00a0<\/i>trans. Ibrahim Muhawi.\u00a0You can also download another excerpt from the book from the English publisher, Archipelago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A River Dies of Thirst: Journals,\u00a0<\/i>trans. Catherine Cobham:\u00a0Download an excerpt from the publisher.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Presence of Absence,\u00a0<\/i>trans. Sinan Antoon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?\u00a0<\/i>trans. Jeffrey Sacks.<\/a><\/p>\n

Poems:<\/b><\/p>\n