Palestinian-American poet, essayist and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye is a wonderful writer, and she’s also a terrific teacher.
In this video, Marcia Franklin talks with her at the 2012 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. The two discuss the themes in Nye’s works, her style of writing, her response as a writer to 9/11, and her thoughts on the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
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Photo: Barrier Wall, West Bank – AHMAD GHARABLI/
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Nona Blyth Cloud has lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for over 50 years, spending much of that time commuting on the 405 Freeway. After Hollywood failed to appreciate her genius for acting and directing, she began a second career managing non-profits, from which she has retired.
Nona has now resumed writing whatever comes into her head, instead of reports and pleas for funding. She lives in a small house overrun by books with her wonderful husband.
Her poem “Kindness” is one I keep coming back to, time and again.