If I Must Die Alisha Mascarenhas Cyrille Offermans

Cyrille Offermans

brave and indispensable poet

or wouldn’t even know how to articulate

but in 1879 the cruelest blow of all struck when his beloved son Anatole died at the age of eight

Ryan Skrabalak’s second book

If I Must Die Alisha Mascarenhas Cyrille OffermansRefaat Alareer If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale. This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family. The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was