Naomi Shihab Nye
Biographic Data
| ID | 1002850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi Shihab |
| FAMILY NAME | Nye |
| SIGNATURE | NYE N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Goodbye to Everything and Everybody
Calling Back
Calling BackFor W.S. MerwinThe last time we everspoke by phonethings blurring by thenwords farther apartdrifting syllable threadsWhat’s that? you’d sayasking me to repeat somethingBut how are you really? knowing you missed Paula too muchto talk about itWe traded words tenderlyyour treesour tree you had plantedso many years agowhen we all had easier times walking hidden roadsSilences felt litsoft evening light on my endafternoon birds on yoursIn t…
Six Poems
There Will Be Peace in the Holy Land
a ESSAY I n the late 1950s, in the middle of the United States (we lived in Ferguson, a quiet, leafy community barely known even by people on the other side of St. Louis), my Palestinian father, Aziz Shihab, received many speaking invitations—from church groups, civic organizations, and schools. The word “holy” often figured into his presentation titles as it became known that my charismatic, thin father, who resembled a Palestinian Desi Arnaz, w…
Business
I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea. All of us at the table together. The young writers, the older writers, the readers of all ages, the librarians, guides among books, the Neustadt family, who have championed voices, voices that encouraged us and said we listen and we care. I will try to us…
Arabs in Finland
tonight. Thinking about bridges, all of us feeling connected to places we grew up first, people we love, pain we wish no one had ever suffered. Thank you for carrying us away. I have always thought about how stupid and boring violence seems in this world where we could just listen to more stories instead, right? We could ask people who trouble us, Could you tell me your story? Usually I have found when you ask someone to do that, you end up feeli…
Landscapes We Learn to Love
I think I am in shock. I don’t want you to think I live this way all the time. This is the nicest thing that has ever happened to me in my life, and I mean that with all my heart, my mind, my soul. Ibtisam, your welcoming of my father and grandmother to this room felt particularly appropriate on this sacred Day of the Dead, because I have felt them with me all day. They would have been so proud to meet all of you. They would have loved the music.…
How Would the World Be Different
Since winning the 2013 NSK Prize, Naomi Shihab Nye has continued to explore “the worlds we are born into, the people we are related to, the landscapes we learn to love wherever we are.”
Business
I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea. All of us at the table together. The young writers, the older writers, the readers of all ages, the librarians, guides among books, the Neustadt family, who have championed voices, voices that encouraged us and said we listen and we care. I will try to us…
From Bleibtreustrasse 31
Four Poems
Four poems by Naomi Shihab Nye: Real Estate Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2010, Page 172, https://doi.org/10.1353/mel.0.0104 Published: 01 June 2010
Blood on All Your Shirts
Blood on All Your Shirts Naomi Shihab Nye (bio) Even your skinny ribbed undershirt Your favorite blue guayabera A long life of travel ends in seepage Holes in the skin Difficult comebacks The graft and the duct and the valve Flirting with nurses a hopeful distraction Maybe they’d prick you more kindly If you listened to their marital woes Telling how deft and lovely they were How ruddy their cheeks Angelic their smiles [End Page 199] Naomi Shihab…
Roots
INTERVIEW Roots: On Language and Heritage A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye Kate Long In herpoetryand novels,Arab Americanwriter Naomi ShihabNye exploresthe boundariesand intricacies of languageand place as thetethers thatultimately connect us all.Her work isunique in itsabilitytocapture thehuman spiritand appeal toan audience ofall ages.Nye agreed to talkto WLT aboutwritingand heritage. Kate Long:When I heard you speak at the 2008 Sigma Tau D…
My Father, On Dialysis
Nomad, Switchboard, Poet
Journal Article Nomad, Switchboard, Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye’s Multicultural Literature for Young Readers: An Interview Get access Joy Castro Joy Castro Wabash College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 27, Issue 2, March 2002, Pages 225–236, https://doi.org/10.2307/3250610 Published: 01 March 2002
Jerusalem
One Village
One Village
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One Village
One Village
Jerusalem
Nomad, Switchboard, Poet
Journal Article Nomad, Switchboard, Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye’s Multicultural Literature for Young Readers: An Interview Get access Joy Castro Joy Castro Wabash College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 27, Issue 2, March 2002, Pages 225–236, https://doi.org/10.2307/3250610 Published: 01 March 2002
Blood on All Your Shirts
Blood on All Your Shirts Naomi Shihab Nye (bio) Even your skinny ribbed undershirt Your favorite blue guayabera A long life of travel ends in seepage Holes in the skin Difficult comebacks The graft and the duct and the valve Flirting with nurses a hopeful distraction Maybe they’d prick you more kindly If you listened to their marital woes Telling how deft and lovely they were How ruddy their cheeks Angelic their smiles [End Page 199] Naomi Shihab…
Roots
INTERVIEW Roots: On Language and Heritage A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye Kate Long In herpoetryand novels,Arab Americanwriter Naomi ShihabNye exploresthe boundariesand intricacies of languageand place as thetethers thatultimately connect us all.Her work isunique in itsabilitytocapture thehuman spiritand appeal toan audience ofall ages.Nye agreed to talkto WLT aboutwritingand heritage. Kate Long:When I heard you speak at the 2008 Sigma Tau D…
My Father, On Dialysis
Four Poems
Four poems by Naomi Shihab Nye: Real Estate Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2010, Page 172, https://doi.org/10.1353/mel.0.0104 Published: 01 June 2010
From Bleibtreustrasse 31
Business
I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea. All of us at the table together. The young writers, the older writers, the readers of all ages, the librarians, guides among books, the Neustadt family, who have championed voices, voices that encouraged us and said we listen and we care. I will try to us…
Arabs in Finland
tonight. Thinking about bridges, all of us feeling connected to places we grew up first, people we love, pain we wish no one had ever suffered. Thank you for carrying us away. I have always thought about how stupid and boring violence seems in this world where we could just listen to more stories instead, right? We could ask people who trouble us, Could you tell me your story? Usually I have found when you ask someone to do that, you end up feeli…
Landscapes We Learn to Love
I think I am in shock. I don’t want you to think I live this way all the time. This is the nicest thing that has ever happened to me in my life, and I mean that with all my heart, my mind, my soul. Ibtisam, your welcoming of my father and grandmother to this room felt particularly appropriate on this sacred Day of the Dead, because I have felt them with me all day. They would have been so proud to meet all of you. They would have loved the music.…
How Would the World Be Different
Since winning the 2013 NSK Prize, Naomi Shihab Nye has continued to explore “the worlds we are born into, the people we are related to, the landscapes we learn to love wherever we are.”
Business
I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea. All of us at the table together. The young writers, the older writers, the readers of all ages, the librarians, guides among books, the Neustadt family, who have championed voices, voices that encouraged us and said we listen and we care. I will try to us…
Six Poems
There Will Be Peace in the Holy Land
a ESSAY I n the late 1950s, in the middle of the United States (we lived in Ferguson, a quiet, leafy community barely known even by people on the other side of St. Louis), my Palestinian father, Aziz Shihab, received many speaking invitations—from church groups, civic organizations, and schools. The word “holy” often figured into his presentation titles as it became known that my charismatic, thin father, who resembled a Palestinian Desi Arnaz, w…
Calling Back
Calling BackFor W.S. MerwinThe last time we everspoke by phonethings blurring by thenwords farther apartdrifting syllable threadsWhat’s that? you’d sayasking me to repeat somethingBut how are you really? knowing you missed Paula too muchto talk about itWe traded words tenderlyyour treesour tree you had plantedso many years agowhen we all had easier times walking hidden roadsSilences felt litsoft evening light on my endafternoon birds on yoursIn t…
Goodbye to Everything and Everybody
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