Unbecoming (digital edition)

deals with themes of hardship, transience, and loss, as well as their natural counterparts, surrender, hope, and unbecoming. In her first poetry collection, inspired by the life and work of Mary Oliver and driven by a heartbreak so shattering that only writing could heal, Mai Hindawi unfolds a narrative in five parts, which appreciates the profound transformational capacity of loss, the parallels of nature in art, as well as the simple joys and subtle wisdoms of a life lived in mindful observation. In collaboration with Eugenia Carraro, the poems are brought to life with dark, haunting, and stunningly gorgeous monochrome illustrations.