Aviva Butt: 2 books

The first two essays in Poets from a War Torn World are about mysticism in modern Arabic poetry. The second two essays are about literary philosophy in modern Hebrew poetry. All four essays focus on the 1960s and 1970s, a time when poets hoped that through their writings they could help bring peace...

Gifts from an Empty Suitcase and Other Short Stories: And Twenty Poems presents stories and poems about our turbulent, modern times in a world filled with tragedy and a growing refugee population. Each story centers on a disturbing event in recent decades and is set in various locations such as Egypt,...