Nathalie Handal

Nathalie Handal was raised in Latin America, France, and the Arab world. Described by Yusef Kumunyakaa “as one of the most important voices of her generation,” her most recent books include the critically acclaimed Poet in Andalucía and Love and Strange Horses, winner of the Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award.

Spring 2020

Life in a Country Album by Nathalie Handal

Pittsburgh. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2019. 94 pages. When faced with the term “country album,” I immediately think of songs from Nashville and Austin and the usual musical formula including a g...
May 2016

The Republics by Nathalie Handal

Pittsburgh. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2015. 88 pages. In “Beyond Confession” (2001), Alicia Ostriker insists that a poetry of witness should not only include “history” and “the news” but that it...
May-August 2014

Two Poems (and a Photo Gallery) by Nathalie Handal

Author note: These flash semi-témoignages or reportages are inspired by stories people told me It began as a personal acco...
January 2012

Four Poems by Nathalie Handal

The four recordings here are from Poet in Andalucía, forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press in January 2012. "Tree of Red Leaves, Jaén" "Prophet in Andalucía" "La...