rock flight

A powerfully moving debut poetry collection about the violence of colonialist occupation

One more rock thrown onto the pile to tumble the mountain on my chest

—Hasib Hourani

Hasib Hourani’s rock flight is a book-length poem that, over seven chapters, follows a single personal and historical narrative centered on the violent occupation of Palestine. The poem uses refrains of suffocation, rubble, and migratory bird patterns to address the realities of forced displacement, economic restrictions,...