Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025 David Borrot ‘In McCrae’s hands

‘In McCrae’s hands

with its bars and gossip and childhood complications

Her main themes are drawn from a life of transitions: childhood

It looks to the literary form as an interactive experience

There is a fugitive hope of flow and change

Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025</b> David Borrot ‘In McCrae’s handsPublished 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