This Sweet Rupture

Omar Ramadan lives in Edmonton/amiskwaciwâskahikan. He is published in CV2, The Polyglot Magazine, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere: This Sweet Rupture is his debut collection.

“Omar Ramadan’s This Sweet Rupture traces the minutiae of vulnerability, the texture of identity, and the redolence of memory amid the spectres of human cruelty. In urgent and tender language, Omar reminds us that, though the echoes, scars, and shadows of war surround us, we can draw strength from family love and the abiding power of beauty in community.” Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, author of there’s more

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