Poetry
The Country without a Post Office: Poems
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"Translucent elegies 'for the city that is leaving forever' (Srinagar) from one of its sons, who also happens to be one of America's finest younger poets."—John Ashbery
Call Me Ishmael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals
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"Ali's ghazals are contemporary and colloquial, deceptively simple, yet still grounded in tradition....Highly recommended."—Library Journal
Rooms Are Never Finished: Poems
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"An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."—Anthony Hecht
Inferno: A New Verse Translation
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"Palma's wonderfully readable translation comes close to perfection. I'm tempted to call it a miracle."—X. J. Kennedy
Fullblood Arabian
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A New Directions Poetry Pamphlet by one of the most well-respected Arabic poets writing today, with an introduction by Lydia Davis