Autobiography
Kazim Ali, "Autobiography" from The Fortieth Day. Copyright © 2008 by Kazim Ali. Reprinted by permission of BOA Editions, Ltd.
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Poet Kazim Ali b. 1971
POET’S REGION U.S., Midwestern
Subjects Living, The Mind, Time & Brevity, Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
Biography
Poet, editor, and prose writer Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian descent. He received a BA and MA from the University of Albany-SUNY, and an MFA from New York University. Ali’s poetry collections include The Far Mosque (2005), which won Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award, and The Fortieth Day (2008). Ali’s poems, both lyric and musical, explore the intersection of faith and daily . . .
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SUBJECT Living, The Mind, Time & Brevity, Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
POET’S REGION U.S., Midwestern
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