The BowMira Mattar "The Bow is a collection steeped in the pains and pleasures of impermanence. Mattars densely populated poems lyrically dart between entangled histories and contested presents, immersing the reader in the fleshy undercurrent of contemporary life. Writhing with sensitivity and tumult, this is a work of slippery power." Momtaza Mehri "Taking on false conceptions of mistaking a walled garden for the world, Mira Mattar proves the always new and