The Fortieth Day (American Poets Continuum)
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ISBN: 1934414042 / Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd., May 2008
An exciting younger poet explores the rhetoric of prayer and the dizzying possibilities of meditative ecstasy.
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From the Bible to the Quaraan, the fortieth day symbolizes the last moment before deliverance, a moment in time when a supplicant or prophet or stormbeaten passenger knows there is no state 'after,' but finally accepts the present state as a permanent one.In The Fortieth Day, Kazim Ali follows the fractured narratives and moving lyrics of his debut collection, The Far Mosque, with a deeply spiritual and meditative book exploring the rhetoric of prayer.Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and raised in an Islamic household. He holds degrees from the University at Albany and New York University. He lives in Oberlin, Ohio.
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