Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025 Poetry Moving between acerbic social observation

Moving between acerbic social observation and moments of piercing emotional depth

the pandemic and world events

Oliver Shrouder

deceptively simple poems that are at once “local and international

Her collection traces a journey through time

Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025</b> Poetry Moving between acerbic social observationPublished 4th December 2025. Something About Living is the brilliant third collection from acclaimed poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. It explores Palestinian life through the lens of language, revealing a legacy of obfuscation and erasure. What happens when language only permits ongoing disasters to be packaged neatly for consumption and subsequent disposal? Searing with insights from the perspective of a Palestinian in diaspora, Something About Living