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Customs : Poems by Solmaz Sharif; Overdrive Inc is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Customs : Poems about?
In Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and the realities they impose upon the imagination, the paces they put us through. While Sharif critiques the culture of performed social skills
Who reads Customs : Poems?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Solmaz Sharif; Overdrive Inc
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781644450796
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, American Poetry
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (55 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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