MWAHAAHAHA Half American and half Palestinian Naomi Shihab Nye is an amazing figure paving the way for other ethnic poets Starting at the age of seven she is a song writer and a novelist who often writes about the small details of life that we take for granted Even though she regards herself as a wandering poet she refers to San Antonio as her home Nye has also written children s books music and poetry recordings and translations of poetry For her works she has won many awards including the four Pushcart Prizes the Jane Addams Children s Book award and the Paterson Poetry Prize As of today she lives in San Antonio Made by rableniver to fool english teachers into thinking i plagrized HA