Tracing paths between Brooklyn, Beirut, and Jerusalem, Alyan seamlessly blends mundane activities and geopolitical brutalities to show her desire for home and stability after displacement from her homeland and body.

I love how Alyan plays with structures, from interactive poetry to using coding language (I think it's Python, but let me know if I'm wrong). THE MOON THAT TURNS YOU BACK is ingenious, heartfelt, and, at times, heartbreaking.

My favorites in this collection are: Interactive Fiction, Remains, The interviewer wants to know about fashion, The year is, Brute?, Love Poem, and Naturalized.