Ghassan Zaqtan was born near Bethlehem and now lives in Ramallah. Critically acclaimed among avant-garde artists in the Arab world, he has published numerous poetry collections, including The Silence That Remains (Copper Canyon Press, 2016), and two novels. Narrative was the first to publish his work in the United States, and these poems were later included in Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, winner of the 2013 Griffin International Poetry Prize.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Beyond That, poetry, in Fall 2016
- Other Things, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016
- Stones, an ipoem, in Spring 2016
- Eight Poems, poetry, in Fall 2008
