“A moving testament to the impact one person can have and the devastating effects of occupation.”
—Washington Post Best Poetry Books of 2019Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage in her latest full-length poetry collection for adults. The collection is inspired by the story of Janna Jihad Ayyad, the "Youngest Journalist in Palestine," who at age 7 began capturing videos of anti-occupation protests using her mother's smartphone. Nye draws upon her own family's roots in a West Bank village near Janna's hometown to offer empathy and insight to the young girl's reporting. Long an advocate for peaceful communication across all boundaries, Nye’s poems in The Tiny Journalist put a human face on war and the violence that divides us from each other.
- ISBN10 1942683723
- ISBN13 9781942683728
- Publish Date 2 May 2019
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint BOA Editions, Limited
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English