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A potent collection of more than 60 narrative, meditative, and verse fragments depicting Sarajevo under Serbian siege during the recent war in what was once Yugoslavia. First published in 1992, Mehmedinovic's ironical homage to his homeland (he now lives in the US) stirs together in an exhilarating blend observations of chaotic street-scenes ( Looted Stores, Wounded Parks ), blunt criticisms of both Serbian oppressors and the intellectuals who kept quiet, an impressionistic autobiography, and several superb poems (especially Tunnel and Dates ). A mixed success, but on balance a convincing vision of an embattled, defiant society and sensibility. (Kirkus Reviews)

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Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, translator, critic and scholar who teaches at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, where he is the Deputy Chair of the PhD Program in English. His latest work is Scrapmetal (Factory School, 2006). He is also editor and translator of Keys to the Garden, and Semezdin Mehmedinovic's Sarajevo Blues, both published by City Lights.

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