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A queen of no ordinary realms : poems / Naveed Alam.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.L325 Q44 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alam, Naveed.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 98 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Spokane : Eastern Washington University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- In his first book, Naveed Alam has managed a dangerously strange journey into the dream lives of the condemned, the oppressed, the prodigal, and the lost. With remarkable clarity he shows us the father whose tears flood the street, the prostitute for whom every customer is Jesus, the angels of desolation who tear off their own wings. In its exotic violence and beauty, its surreal narrative and unwavering honesty, this collection brings something new to our poetry: a clear view of dispossession coupled with the terrors and wonders of the inner life.
- Contents:
- Safar Nama
- An Estranged Native 3
- Survivor 4
- Siblings of a Gray Sky 6
- Sojourner 8
- The First Motel 9
- On the Ark 10
- Caravan 12
- Desert Night 13
- The Day He Grew Old 14
- Prodigal 15
- The Return 16
- Hospitality 18
- Intruder 19
- Fanatic 20
- Defender 21
- Assimilation 22
- Dukh/Sukh
- Boarding School Vignettes 25
- Prefect & I 28
- Apprenticeship 30
- At Thirty Three 32
- Hurdle 33
- Succinct 34
- A Gesture 36
- Exposed 37
- Jesus in Magdala 38
- The Oasis Hotel 39
- Melancholy's Boyfriend 40
- Regret 41
- Surface 42
- Dancer 43
- Separation 44
- Excuse 45
- A Minor Obsession 46
- Troglodytes 48
- Real Estate 49
- If Someone Asks 50
- Apotheosis 51
- Erasing the Question Marks 53
- Alf-I-Leila Wa Leila
- A House Made of Smoke 56
- A Queen of No Ordinary Realms 58
- The Tale of a Tea Brewer 60
- An Arboreal Tragedy 62
- Bride of the Storms 64
- Bird Widow 65
- Bewitched 67
- An Autumn Muse 68
- Father 70
- The City of Insomnia 71
- The Heartbreak of a Tombmaker 72
- Castanets 73
- A Version of Paradise 74
- Apocrypha
- Messenger 78
- Homeboys 79
- Voyagers 80
- Drought 81
- Civilizers 82
- Snow Tribe 83
- Brewers 84
- The Sirens 85
- Brides 86
- Reporters 87
- Critics 88
- Since We Left the Mountains 89.
- Notes:
- "Winner of the 2003 Spokane Prize for Poetry."
- ISBN:
- 0910055971
- OCLC:
- 55600835
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