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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Naomi Shihab Nye. New York: Greenwillow, 2002. 142 pp. $16.95. Grades 10-up. ISBN 0-06-009765-5.
This beautiful little book of poems was a finalist for the National Book Award. Naomi Shihab Nye is an Arab American, who writes:
I was born in the United States, but my father
stared back toward the Middle East whenever he
stood outside. Our kitchen smelled like the Middle
East-garlic and pine nuts sizzled...





