Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Her first collection of poems, Different Ways to Pray, explored the theme of similarities and differences between cultures, which would become one of her lifelong areas of focus.

Her other books include poetry collections 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, A Maze Me, Red Suitcase, Field Trip and Fuel; a collection of essays entitled Never in a Hurry; a young-adult novel called Habibi (the semi-autobiographical story of an Arab-American teenager who moves to Jerusalem in the 1990s) and picture book Lullaby Raft, which is also the title of one of her two albums of music. (The other is called Rutabaga-Roo; both were limited-edition.)

This photograph is of International Poet Naomi Shihab Nye at a book signing. Naomi Shihab Nye and Suzanne Crowley authors of Honeybee and The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous respectively gave a short meet and greet signing at The Twig Book Shop located at 5005 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209 on June 12, 2008. Naomi Nye's Honeybee is a book of poetry for young readers, and Suzanne Crowley's Very Ordered Existence is a novel featuring Merilee Monroe. Naomi Nye is holding a sampling of her gift of fresh picked tomatoes from a personal friend.<br />
Photo by: Micahd (2008)

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