Water & salt
Book • 2017
Water & Salt is a collection in which Tuffaha navigates themes of displacement, belonging, and the labor of remembrance through elemental and domestic imagery.
The poems link personal experience with broader histories, often invoking sea and salt as metaphors for migration and loss.
The work balances tenderness and political awareness, offering intimate portrayals of family and inherited memory.
Tuffaha's lyrical voice foregrounds language and cultural transmission amid exile and return.
The book earned the Washington State Book Award and recognition from Arab American literary circles.
The poems link personal experience with broader histories, often invoking sea and salt as metaphors for migration and loss.
The work balances tenderness and political awareness, offering intimate portrayals of family and inherited memory.
Tuffaha's lyrical voice foregrounds language and cultural transmission amid exile and return.
The book earned the Washington State Book Award and recognition from Arab American literary circles.
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha — Dukka
