"Edited by Josh A. Brewer. Writers Resist features protest poetry, the work of immigrants, the experiences of women, and nuanced understandings of diversity. With work from the some of the best writers in Indiana, including poets laureate, spoken word artists, and eleven professors, this volume collects acts of resistance to the retrograde political climate of our time."
Martyr! The Instant New York Times Bestseller by KavehAkbar Hardcover, Published 2024 by Pan Macmillan, London ISBN-13: 978-1-03-502606-7, ISBN: 1-03-502606-6
". . This book is thrilling. It's like watching the novel itself be reinvented' - Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake 'This book vibrates with love of life, beauty and language. I'm in awe...' - Natalie Portman Cyrus Shams is lost."
Pilgrim Bell Poems (Paperback) by KavehAkbar Paperback, Published 2021 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64445-059-8, ISBN: 1-64445-059-3
Pilgrim Bell Poems by KavehAkbar 98 Pages, Published 2021 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64445-152-6, ISBN: 1-64445-152-2
"Kaveh Akbar’s exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to Calling a Wolf a Wolf With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar’s second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to ..."
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by KavehAkbar Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-198797-2, ISBN: 0-14-198797-9
"A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2018I could not be held responsiblefor desirehe could not be held at allTracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, Calling a Wolf a Wolf is the darkly sumptuous debut from award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar. These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst: for alcohol, for other ..."
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by KavehAkbar Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2017 by Alice James Books ISBN-13: 978-1-938584-67-1, ISBN: 1-938584-67-8
"“In ‘Heritage,’ a fierce poem dedicated to an Iranian woman executed for killing the man attempting to rape her, award-winning poet Akbar proclaims, 'in books love can be war-ending/…in life we hold love up to the light/ to marvel at its impotence.' Yet if real-life love is disappointing ('The things I’ve thought I've loved/ could sink an ocean liner'), Akbar proves what books can do in his exceptional debut, which brings us along on hi ..."
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by KavehAkbar 89 Pages, Published 2017 by Alice James Books ISBN-13: 978-1-938584-72-5, ISBN: 1-938584-72-4
"“Heritage” was awarded the Lucille Medwick Memorial Prize by the Poetry
Society of America. Deep abiding gratitude to Chris Forhan, Alessandra Lynch,
Steve Henn, David J. Thompson, Carey Salerno, Bryan Borland, Seth
Pennington, Don Share, francine j. harris, Eduardo C. Corral, Frank Bidart, Fanny
Howe, Max Ritvo, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Arash
Saedinia, Ruth Baumann, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Jayme Ringleb, ..."
Portrait of the Alcoholic by KavehAkbar Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2017 by Sibling Rivalry Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-943977-27-7, ISBN: 1-943977-27-5
""Was it Jung who speculated that alcoholism might be an attempt at a material solution for a spiritual problem? Kaveh Akbar seems able to contain both--he's a demotic, as well as a spiritual, poet (the only type of either I trust). Each word in this little book might rise up from somewhere deep in the earth, but they turn into stars." - Nick Flynn "In Islam prayer is not transactional, poetry is not divorced from the quotidian and portr ..."
"We feel that to “better” American poetry is to jam dominant systems of taste to the best of our abilities, and to resignify the very phrase “American poetry” with the languages that it so desperately lacks. We intend to center voices of resistance, subjectivities that emerge from the radical margins, artists whose Americanness transcends nationalism and other borders, perspectives historically denied institutional backing--in short, poe ..."
Another Last Call Poems on Addiction and Deliverance [Paperback] Akbar, Kaveh; Lewis, Paige; Harjo, Joy; Wade, Bernardo; Ray, Megan Denton; Charles, Jos; Weaver, Afaa M.; sax, sam; Chan, Marianne; E by KavehAkbar, Paige Lewis, Joy Harjo, Bernardo Wade Paperback, Published 2023 by Sarabande Books 2023-10-24, Louisville ISBN-13: 978-1-956046-16-8, ISBN: 1-956046-16-X
"The follow-up to Sarabande's Last Call: Poems on Alcoholism, Addiction, & Deliverance, Another Last Call is a collection of poems from forty contemporary, living poets, all speaking to the experience of addiction."