TY - BOOK ID - 135078272 TI - The Funambulists : Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora PY - 2022 SN - 0815637527 PB - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women and literature. KW - Poetry, Modern KW - Poetry, Modern KW - Arab authors KW - History and criticism. KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135078272 AB - "In the Funambulists, Marchi brings together and compares a select group of poetry collections written by contemporary Arab diasporic women poets living in the US, Canada, and Europe. Spanning many languages and countries, this study is built on the concept of tension, focusing on seven poets who use their art to balance and flexibility together with courage and transgression to walk a tightrope stretched out across cultures, religions, and nations"-- ER -