Talk:Joseph Geha

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Under category "Works" please note that Joseph Geha's third book, Kitchen Arabic (a memoir/cookbook), was published by University of Georgia Press in March 2023. Library of Congress Control Number: 2022947098. ISBN: 9780820364001. Wlah (talk) 21:11, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Therefore the opening sentence of the entry should read as follows: Joseph Geha (born 1944, Zahle, Lebanon), professor-emeritus at Iowa State University, is the author of three books, Through and Through: Toledo Stories,[1] one of the first books of modern Arab-American fiction, Lebanese Blonde,[2] a novel, and Kitchen Arabic: How My Family Came to America and the Recipes We Brought With Us,[3] a memoir/cookbook. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wlah (talk • contribs) 21:43, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

In 2015 his fiction was awarded the Khayrallah Prize.

https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2016/11/11/interview-with-2016-khayrallah-prize-winner-joseph-geha/ Wlah (talk) 21:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]