TY - BOOK AU - Nye,Naomi Shihab TI - The tiny journalist: poems T2 - American poets continuum series SN - 1942683723 AV - PS3564 .Y44 A6 2019 U1 - 811/.54 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Rochester, NY PB - BOA Editions, Ltd. KW - American poetry KW - Women authors KW - 21st century KW - Poetry KW - lcgft N2 - "Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage in her latest full-length poetry collection for adults. The collection is inspired by the story of Janna Jihad Ayyad, the 'Youngest Journalist in Palestine,' who at age 7 began capturing videos of anti-occupation protests using her mother's smartphone. Nye draws upon her own family's roots in a West Bank village near Janna's hometown to offer empathy and insight to the young girl's reporting. Long an advocate for peaceful communication across all boundaries, Nye's poems ...put a human face on war and the violence that divides us from each other"-- ER -