Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine by Remi Kanazi

Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine by Remi Kanazi challenges preconceptions and misconceptions by drawing parallels that are sometimes a bit uncomfortable but immersive and realistic. Kanazi writes poetry that is  incredibly beautiful, intensely blunt, and sometimes satisfyingly sarcastic often bringing one to an unexpected realization through the reading. Before the Next Bomb Drops feels current and historical at the same time in its examination of dynamics between peoples, governments, and societies. 





Currently Reading:


Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

Black Roses - Poems about love, heartbreak, mental health, healing, grief and loss by Ariel Day



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