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Literary Imagination Advance Access originally published online on June 13, 2007
Literary Imagination 2007 9(3):290-295; doi:10.1093/litimag/imm089
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Hayan Charara*

*E-mail: hayan.charara@sbcglobal.net

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

An assumption, a pejorative, an honest language, an honorable
death. In grade school, I refused to accept the mayor's
handshake; he smiled at everyone except people with names
like mine. I was born here. I didn't have to adopt America,
but I adapted to it. You understand: a man must be averse
to opinions that have adverse impacts on whether he lives
or dies. "Before taking any advice, know the language
of those who seek to advise you." Certain words affected
me. Sand nigger, I was called. Camel jockey. What was
the effect? While I already muttered under my breath,
I did so even more. I am not altogether sure we can all
together come. Everything was not all right. Everything
is not all right. Imagine poetry without allusions to
Shakespeare, Greek mythology, the Bible; or allusions
without the adjectives "fanatical," "extremist," "Islamic,"
"right," "left," "Christian," "conservative," "liberal." . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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