Love and Strange Horses
Love and Strange Horses
Nathalie Handal
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2010
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjq87
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Love and Strange Horses
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"Trembles with belonging (and longing) and love and sex."--The New York Times

"Nathalie Handal's Love and Strange Horses is riddled with provocative incantations that verge on a conjuring solidly based in this world and beyond. There's a subtle singing locked inside each poem that raises the stakes. This cosmopolitan voice belongs to the human family, and it luxuriates in crossing necessary borders. The pages are lit with scintillations that transport the reader to pithy zones of thought and pleasure."--Yusef Komunyakaa

Nathalie Handal is an award-winning poet, playwright, and writer. She is the author of two previous poetry collections: The NeverField and The Lives of Rain. Handal is the editor of The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology, winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and coeditor of Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including Ploughshares, Crab Orchard Review, and the Literary Review. She was named an honored finalist for the 2009 Gift of Freedom Award.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9116-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.2
  3. Pasaje
    Pasaje (pp. 1-2)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.3
  4. Movement I—Intima’
    • Flames at Hurr Mountain
      Flames at Hurr Mountain (pp. 5-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.4
    • Brokenmusic
      Brokenmusic (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.5
    • In the Ruins
      In the Ruins (pp. 8-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.6
    • The Unnatural Apologies of Shadows
      The Unnatural Apologies of Shadows (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.7
    • Listen, Tonight
      Listen, Tonight (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.8
    • Sun Moon Midnight
      Sun Moon Midnight (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.9
    • Of the End
      Of the End (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.10
    • The Hawk Quartet
      The Hawk Quartet (pp. 14-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.11
    • The Map of Home
      The Map of Home (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.12
    • Butterfly, or What Is Unnamed
      Butterfly, or What Is Unnamed (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.13
    • Unstrung Lute
      Unstrung Lute (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.14
    • Country of Days
      Country of Days (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.15
    • Don’t Believe
      Don’t Believe (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.16
    • Autobiography of Night
      Autobiography of Night (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.17
    • Pendule
      Pendule (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.18
    • Intermisión
      Intermisión (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.19
    • Akhmatova and I: Boleros
      Akhmatova and I: Boleros (pp. 24-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.20
    • History by Candlelight
      History by Candlelight (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.21
    • Love and Strange Horses—Intima’
      Love and Strange Horses—Intima’ (pp. 26-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.22
  5. Movement II—Elegía Erótica
    • Les Fenêtres—Three Drafts
      Les Fenêtres—Three Drafts (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.23
    • Corriendo
      Corriendo (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.24
    • Ahmad
      Ahmad (pp. 33-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.25
    • Elephant Fever
      Elephant Fever (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.26
    • Entrances and Other Endings
      Entrances and Other Endings (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.27
    • Javier
      Javier (pp. 37-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.28
    • The Other Woman
      The Other Woman (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.29
    • Why Men Die Young
      Why Men Die Young (pp. 45-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.30
    • Scènes dans une Chambre Mauve
      Scènes dans une Chambre Mauve (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.31
    • In Jerusalem
      In Jerusalem (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.32
    • Les Éventails, Portraits of Passion
      Les Éventails, Portraits of Passion (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.33
    • The Bulgarian Orchestra
      The Bulgarian Orchestra (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.34
    • Carrousel, or After Lovemaking
      Carrousel, or After Lovemaking (pp. 52-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.35
    • In January, Amor y Lluvia
      In January, Amor y Lluvia (pp. 54-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.36
    • Lubhyati: Love Letters
      Lubhyati: Love Letters (pp. 57-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.37
    • Love and Strange Horses—Elegía Erótica
      Love and Strange Horses—Elegía Erótica (pp. 60-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.38
  6. Movement III—Terre Música
    • El Mundo
      El Mundo (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.39
    • The Meadows
      The Meadows (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.40
    • The Song Fox
      The Song Fox (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.41
    • Hayat
      Hayat (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.42
    • White Trees
      White Trees (pp. 67-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.43
    • Here and There
      Here and There (pp. 68-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.44
    • The Songmaker—19 Arabics
      The Songmaker—19 Arabics (pp. 70-71)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.45
    • Interview with Jesus or Edward Hopper
      Interview with Jesus or Edward Hopper (pp. 72-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.46
    • Winter Phantoms
      Winter Phantoms (pp. 73-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.47
    • Portraits & Truths
      Portraits & Truths (pp. 74-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.48
    • Black Butterflies, A Lost Tango
      Black Butterflies, A Lost Tango (pp. 76-77)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.49
    • Les Cloîtres
      Les Cloîtres (pp. 78-78)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.50
    • White Strawberries
      White Strawberries (pp. 79-79)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.51
    • Sailing to Tarsus
      Sailing to Tarsus (pp. 80-80)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.52
    • Dream of O’Keeffe’s Dream
      Dream of O’Keeffe’s Dream (pp. 81-84)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.53
    • 19 Harbors
      19 Harbors (pp. 85-85)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.54
    • Love and Strange Horses—Terre Música
      Love and Strange Horses—Terre Música (pp. 86-88)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.55
  7. Notes
    Notes (pp. 89-90)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.56
  8. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 91-91)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjq87.57