Kazim Ali

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Kazim Ali
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Ali at AWP 2025
Born (1971-04-05) April 5, 1971 (age 54)
United Kingdom
Education University at Albany, SUNY (BA, MA)
New York University (MFA)
Genrepoetry

Kazim Ali (born April 5, 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 appeared in 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 The Best American Poetry 2007 .[ citation needed ]

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Life

Kazim Ali was born in the UK to parents of Indian descent, and raised in Canada and the United States. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees 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, served as its publisher from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves as a founding editor. [4]

Ali is professor of literature and creative Writing at University of California, San Diego, [5] and has taught in the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine. [6] Previously, he taught in the Liberal Arts Department of The Culinary Institute of America, at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, at Monroe College, and at Oberlin College.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

Published works

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Translations

Anthologies

References

  1. Congress, The Library of. "Ali, Kazim, 1971- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  2. The American Poetry Review > Nov/Dec 2006, Vol. 35/No. 6 > Kazim Ali Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. BOA Editions > Author Page > Kazim Ali Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Nightboat Books > About Us: Editor Biographies Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Kazim Ali". UC San Diego. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  6. "Kazim Ali". Poetry Foundation. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  7. Chad W. Post (April 28, 2014). "BTBA 2014: Poetry and Fiction Winners". Three Percent. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  8. "Past Award Winners - Ohioana Library". Ohioana Library - Connecting Readers and Ohio Writers. May 30, 2014.
  9. Mad heart be brave : essays on the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali. Ali, Kazim, 1971-. Ann Arbor. April 17, 2017. ISBN   9780472122820. OCLC   984992139.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)