If I Must Die Alisha Mascarenhas As if conversing over beers

As if conversing over beers in a favorite pub

brave and indispensable poet

and her rightful place in the canon of twentieth-century American poetry

is a deeply wondrous book

but in 1879 the cruelest blow of all struck when his beloved son Anatole died at the age of eight

If I Must Die Alisha Mascarenhas As if conversing over beersRefaat Alareer If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale. This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family. The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was