Author has been widely published in Jerusalem, as well as in the Guardian, the Irish Times, and Literary Hub, and You Can Be the Last Leaf is the first time her poems are translated into English and released as a collected works to a U.S. market
Translator is a widely acclaimed poet and translator of Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Zaqtan, and Amjad Nasser; he is the recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a PEN USA award for translation, and a Guggenheim Fellowship
Book's engagement with violence, borders, motherhood, global feminism, and Palestinian experiences provides opportunities for wide readership