Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025 Poetry the pandemic and world events

the pandemic and world events

Moving between acerbic social observation and moments of piercing emotional depth

Impossible and lost loves provide another theme

and follows Haywire: New & Selected Poems

And from new perspectives to listen to the landscape that surrounds us

Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025</b> Poetry the pandemic and world eventsPublished 4th December 2025. Something About Living is the brilliant third collection from acclaimed poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. It explores Palestinian life through the lens of language, revealing a legacy of obfuscation and erasure. What happens when language only permits ongoing disasters to be packaged neatly for consumption and subsequent disposal? Searing with insights from the perspective of a Palestinian in diaspora, Something About Living