Speaker Event: Author Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab-Nye, prolific poet, essayist, novelist, and professor, will be joining us to speak and answer questions about her novel, Habibi, the creative process, and her perspectives on the region. There will be a Q&A. All questions are welcome.

We highly encourage people to read Habibi, a wonderful novel which brings the city of Jerusalem and the West Bank to life. We have two copies available in the Mauk Lending Library (as well as other books by this author) or you can purchase your own on Amazon.

Amazon.com: Habibi: 9780689825231: Nye, Naomi Shihab: Books

Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was a Palestinian refugee and her mother an American of German and Swiss descent, and Nye spent her adolescence in both Jerusalem and San Antonio, Texas. She earned her BA from Trinity University in San Antonio. Her works include, Different Ways to Pray (1980), On the Edge of the Sky (1981), Hugging the Jukebox (1982), Red Suitcase (1994), Fuel (1998), and many others.

She is a Professor of Creative Writing at Texas State University, Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2010-2015, recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Book Critics Circle, the Lavan Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Charity Randall Prize, and many others.

This event is sponsored by the San Antonio chapter of UU’s for Justice in the Middle East.