CAIRO: the undelivered letters
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Mai Serhan's 'CAIRO: the undelivered letters' is a poetry collection that examines themes of home, exile, and familial memory through the lens of Cairo's urban landscape and personal epistolary conceits.
The book uses fragments and lyrical intensity to engage with diaspora and identity, reflecting the author's Palestinian heritage and Egyptian upbringing.
Winner of the 2022 Center for Book Arts Poetry Award, the collection showcases Serhan's control of line, musicality, and formal experimentation.
Its poems often read like messages withheld or unsent, creating a sense of longing and imaginative reconstruction of place.
The work helped establish Serhan's literary voice prior to her memoir.
The book uses fragments and lyrical intensity to engage with diaspora and identity, reflecting the author's Palestinian heritage and Egyptian upbringing.
Winner of the 2022 Center for Book Arts Poetry Award, the collection showcases Serhan's control of line, musicality, and formal experimentation.
Its poems often read like messages withheld or unsent, creating a sense of longing and imaginative reconstruction of place.
The work helped establish Serhan's literary voice prior to her memoir.
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Mai Serhan, "I Can Imagine It for Us: A Palestinian Daughter's Memoir" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)
