A Space Between Our Footsteps - poems and paintings from the Middle East

As nourishing a feast as Nye’s This Same Sky (1992), this gathering mixes new and previously published works from 130 poets and visual artists born or living in 20 Middle Eastern and North African countries. Although some contributors refer to war, suffering, landlessness, poverty, or exile, most prefer to recall parents, relatives, and childhood, evoke particular moments, places, and feelings, or play with language and images. The effectively placed full-color art conjures a variety of moods, sensibilities, and techniques. Among the poets are Israel’s Yehuda Amichai and Egypt’s Naguib Mahfouz, along with more locally recognized figures and young rising stars;  Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1st, 1998