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Lena Tuffaha

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. Her first book of poems, Water & Salt, won the 2018 Washington State Book Award. For more about her work, visit www.lenakhalaftuffaha.com.

Reflection

Yesterday, I handed all my poems to my publisher.I feel like I handed him my headand the words I speak from now onwill come out of his mouth.What a disaster! Disasters don’t show up one at a time.They arrive in legions like a starving hoard.A poet said this then died.For ...