Octobers
Sahar, Muradi
Octobers traces the four great tumults of the author's life, all of which originated in that jagged month of different years: The US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death of her father, the sudden end of a love, and the birth of her daughter. The poems chart heartbreak along a helix, progressively and recursively, where 'echoes are inevitable.' Ultimately, the collection is concerned with language--as witness and buoy in...