The Far Mosque - Paperback

by Kazim Ali (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.