The Voice of Sheila Chandra
by Kazim Ali
This edition of The Voice of Sheila Chandra is published exclusively by the87press for readers in the UK and Ireland, please visit Alice James Books for everywhere else.
Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and become multitudinous. There's an honouring of not only survival, but of persistence, as this part research-based, pensive collection contemplates what it takes to move forward when the unimaginable holds you back.
ISBN: 9781068644641
88 pages
Date published: 21/11/2024
Paperback
For Fans of: Ilya Kaminsky, Kaveh Akbar, Rumi
The Voice of Sheila Chandra is a sequence of sequences, a book where three long poems come together to make a statement that is far larger than the sum of its parts. It is a brilliant book. -Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa
There is something major happening here, something that transcends the artifice of language. -Kaveh Akbar
Kazim Ali is the author of twenty-four books of poetry, essay, fiction, and cross-genre work. He has also edited an anthology of Muslim writers and books of critical writing on poets Agha Shahid Ali, Jean Valentine, and Shreela Ray, as well as translated books by Marguerite Duras, Ananda Devi, and Sohrab Sepehri. After teaching positions at various colleges including Oberlin, Davidson, and St. Mary's College of California, he was appointed Professor of Comparative Literature and Literary Arts at the University of California, San Diego, where he currently chairs the Department of Literature.
