Ishtar's Songs
Najm, Soheil
Iraq's poets have suffered imprisonment, exile and death for the truths they have dared to tell. Poetry is not a luxury in Iraq, but a vital part of the struggle for the nation's future. This is poetry that is feared by tyrants and would-be tyrants.
Dan Veach, poet, founder and editor of The Atlanta Review
Out of the ashes of decades of war come the voices of those who have survived its stark realties. Ishtar's Songs is filled with hop...