Bitter English Alice Notley / van lange stilte slijpend

/ van lange stilte slijpend staal’

In zijn vijfde dichtbundel zet Stitou een wereld neer die zowel archaïsch is als hedendaags

makes his pleasurable way through miserable space

de bundel verschijnt ter nagedachtenis aan haar en haar inspirerende werk

across the pages of each book

Bitter English Alice Notley / van lange stilte slijpendAhmad Almallah Imagine you are a Palestinian who came to America as a young man, eventually finding yourself caught between the country you live in with your wife and daughter, and the homeand parentsyou left behind. Imagine living every day in your nonnative language and becoming estranged from your native tongue, which you use less and less as you become more ensconced in the United States. This is the story told by Ahmad Almallah in Bitter English,