The Ninth Page Etel Adnan's Journalism 1972-74

"The ninth page: Etel Adnan's journalism 1972-74 collects and translated articles written by Adnan during the early 1970's for the Beirut-based francophone newspaper Al-Safa. These articles challenge preconceptions about Beirut's political climate in this moment while also offering up a portrait of an entire cosmopolitan, international worldview that is social and cultural as often as it is political. For Adnan, these writings have an immediacy that is distinct from the rhythms of her poetry and prose. The Ninth page fills a discursive gap in the chronicling of Adnan's written history, illuminating her written and artistic practice and exploring some of the context-specific concerns that her writing raises"--Back cover.