The Palace of Forty Pillars by Armen Davoudian Christmas25 Whatever they focus on—matters of

Whatever they focus on—matters of the heart

both for ourselves and for the planet

Minden makes disturbing rhythms out of the detritus he finds around him

these poems put community efforts and state repression under the microscope

The title poem asks

The Palace of Forty Pillars by Armen Davoudian Christmas25 Whatever they focus on—matters of'In this formally radical debut, Armen Davoudian shows how rhyme enacts longing for a homeland left behind; how meter sings to a lost beloved; and how a combination of the two can map a self or idea of the self relinquished so that a new life, and all the happiness it deserves, can take shape' Paul Tran 'Marks the arrival of a notable new voice . . . The Palace of Forty Pillars is a moving book as well as an elegant one; its central preoccupation with