Kazim Ali

Kazim Ali
Born 1971
Alma mater University at Albany,
New York University
Genre poetry

Kazim Ali (born 1971)[1] is an American poet, novelist, essayist and professor. His most recent books are Inquisition (Wesleyan University Press, 2018) and All One's Blue (Harper Collins India, 2016). His honors include an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. His poetry and essays have been featured in many literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review,[2] Boston Review, Barrow Street, Jubilat, The Iowa Review, West Branch and Massachusetts Review, and in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 2007.

Life

He was born in the UK to parents of Indian descent, and raised in Canada and the United States. Kazim Ali received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from the University at Albany, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University.[3]

In 2003, he co-founded the independent press Nightboat Books, and served as its publisher from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves as a founding editor.[4]

Ali is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin College and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine. Previously, he taught in the Liberal Arts Department of The Culinary Institute of America, at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, and at Monroe College.

Awards and honors

Published works

Poetry collections

Novels

Other works

References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress Online Catalog: Kazim Ali
  2. ↑ The American Poetry Review > Nov/Dec 2006, Vol. 35/No. 6 > Kazim Ali Archived June 3, 2009, at WebCite
  3. ↑ BOA Editions > Author Page > Kazim Ali Archived June 3, 2009, at WebCite
  4. ↑ Nightboat Books > About Us: Editor Biographies Archived June 3, 2009, at WebCite
  5. ↑ Chad W. Post (April 28, 2014). "BTBA 2014: Poetry and Fiction Winners". Three Percent. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ Mad heart be brave : essays on the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali. Ali, Kazim, 1971-. Ann Arbor. ISBN 9780472122820. OCLC 984992139.

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