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The Far Mosque
These gently fragmented narrative lyrics pursue enlightenment in long, elegant yet plain-spoken, dark yet ecstatic lines. Ali travels by water and by night, seeking the Far Mosque and its overarching paradox: that when God and Self are one, an ascent into Heaven is a voyage within.
Book Details
- Publisher: Alice James Books
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2005
- Pages: 80
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.54in - 5.60in - 0.25in - 0.28lb
- EAN: 9781882295531
- Categories: • American - General• Metaphysics• Islam - General
About the Author
Kazim Ali lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where he is co-editor of Nightboat Books and an assistant professor of liberal arts at The Culinary Institute of America. He received his MFA from New York University and is the author of a novel, Quinn's Passage (BlazeVox Books). His poetry has been published in The Colorado Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rattapallax, and elsewhere.
Praise for this book
"The Far Mosque by Kazim Ali is a book in which the author has managed to render into the English language the universal inner voice. These poems talk to the reader from the realm in which we are all human. What a poet to be able to define spirit using the American vocabulary! These poems, so very different from my own, speak clearly to me. What a gift!"--Lucille Clifton
"There is an intricate interweaving of themes, symbols, and allusions and leitmotifs that makes The Far Mosque, resonate with a sense of great drama... Ali's strength lies in that inner music, where meanings reveal their deeper power." -Painted Bride Quarterly
"The Far Mosque by Kazim Ali is a book in which the author has managed to render into the English language the universal inner voice. These poems talk to the reader from the realm in which we are all human. What a poet to be able to define spirit using the American vocabulary! These poems, so very different from my own, speak clearly to me. What a gift!"--Lucille Clifton
"There is an intricate interweaving of themes, symbols, and allusions and leitmotifs that makes The Far Mosque, resonate with a sense of great drama... Ali's strength lies in that inner music, where meanings reveal their deeper power." -Painted Bride Quarterly