Suheir Hammad, ‘breaking poems’ (Cypher Books, 2008) August 18, 2009: Cypher Books has just announced that Suheir Hammad's breaking poems, which was the recipient of the 2009 Arab American Book Award in Poetry, has just been nominated for an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. It's wonderful to see a poet most well-known for her sharp and effective performance -- she was an original cast [...] by Barbara Jane Reyes