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.

Life in a Country Album by Nathalie Handal

Spring 2020
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...
The Republics by Nathalie Handal

May 2016
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...
Three Poems for Gaza

July 29, 2014 | Nathalie Handal

Gaza Once in a tiny stripdark holes swallowed heartsand one child told anotherwithdraw your breathwhenever the night wind...
Two Poems (and a Photo Gallery) by Nathalie Handal

May-August 2014
Nathalie Handal

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

January 2012
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...