Author has received a PEN award and the Griffin International Poetry Prize (2013)
Author’s past work has been reviewed by or featured in Entertainment Weekly, the Guardian, Booklist, and Guernica
We expect strong blurbs and ordering from the poetry community, as author is well respected there
Author works as an ER doctor and the book has crossover interest for medical and biology community
Author writes on how the body is foreign from his perspective as a Palestinian-American, which is timely for coverage
