The FYI on Naomi Nye

By: Chelsea LauferEmma Maybury

Lily Yengle

Background info

• Raised in Arabian cultured household

•Born in 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri•Arab-American

•Racial prejudice

•Resorted to poetry in hard times

•Trinity University

•Many other hobbies other than poetry

•Trying to make a difference

•Numerous awards for writing•A lot of travels

• Daughter of journalist and teacher

• neighborhood

• Culture prominent

• Arabian traditions very important

• Family relationships affect writing

• Grandmother

Influence of poetry

• Started writing at the age of 6

• Poems took her to a deeper, quieter place away from chaos

• Did not meet Palestinian grandmother until 14 yrs old

• St. Louis, Jerusalem, and St. Antonio

• Mexico, India, and Middle East

• People she knew/observed

•Water

•Culture

•Red sweater/shirt

•Dreams

•Family

• No beat/rhythmic pattern

•Letter form

•Description

•Personification

•Free-verse poems

•Imagery

List of Works Cited• Almon, Bert. "Poetry of the American West." Fall 1996. Literature

Resource Center. Mendham High School. 17 Apr. 2007. • Gomezve-Ga, Ibis. "The Art of Telling Stories in the Poetry of Naomi

Shahib Nye." Winter 2001. Infotrac. Mendham High School. 16 Apr. 2007.

• "Kindness Summary & Essays." Enotes. 16 Apr. 2007 <http://www.enotes.com/kindness>.

• "Naomi Shahib Nye." Infotrac. Mendham High School Library. 17 Apr. 2007.

• "Naomi Shahib Nye." Literature Resource Center.

• "Naomi Shahib Nye." VG. 17 Apr. 2007

<http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/nye_naomi_shihab.html>.