“That a heart will not back down 

is also a love story.”

I loved Water & Salt and this collection was a gut punch in a new but similarly beautiful way. My favorites include: When The Sky Is No Longer, First Generation, This Day Our Daily Bread, On Translation, Notes from the Civil Discourse Committee, Iconic, Sfumato, Long Distance, Zaghareed

“‘Why am I here today? I’m asked this question often”—by those who made it inevitable. “And yes, I would love to go back home”—even that dismissal requires something other than “peace.’”