| Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems Contributor(s): Ali, Agha Shahid (Author), Hall, Daniel (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393068048 ISBN-13: 9780393068047 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Beginning with the impassioned, never-before-published title poem, here is the life's work of a beloved Kashmiri-American poet. Agha Shahid Ali died in 2001, mourned by myriad lovers of poetry and devoted students. This volume, his shining legacy, moves from playful early poems to themes of mourning and loss, culminating in the ghazals of "Call Me Ishmael Tonight," The title poem appears in print for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2008049968 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.55 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Agha Shahid Ali died in 2001, mourned by myriad lovers of poetry and devoted students. This volume, his shining legacy, moves from playful early poems to themes of mourning and loss, culminating in the ghazals of Call Me Ishmael Tonight. The title poem appears in print for the first time. from "The Veiled Suite" I wait for him to look straight into my eyesThis is our only chance for magnificence.If he, carefully, upon this hour of ice, will let us almost completely crystallize, tell me, who but I could chill his dreaming night.Where he turns, what will not appear but my eyes?Wherever he looks, the sky is only eyes.Whatever news he has, it is of the sea. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ali, Agha Shahid: - Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) taught at the University of Utah, at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. |