Ghazal Games

Ghazal Games
Author: Roger Sedarat
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0821419501

As an Iranian American poet, Roger Sedarat fuses Western and Eastern traditions to reinvent the classical Persian form of the ghazal. For its humor as well as its spirituality, the poems in this collection can perhaps best be described as “Wallace Stevens meets Rumi.” Perhaps most striking is the poet’s use of the ancient ghazal form in the tradition of the classical masters like Hafez and Rumi to politically challenge the Islamic Republic of Iran’s continual crackdown on protesters. Not since the late Agha Shahid Ali has a poet translated the letter as well as the spirit of this form into English, using musicality and inventive rhyme to extend the reach of the ghazal in a new language and tradition.

THE INDIAN LISTENER

THE INDIAN LISTENER
Author: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Publisher: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1944-10-07
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 07-10-1944 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly NUMBER OF PAGES: 96 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. IX, No. 20 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 27-90 ARTICLE: 1. Battle of Britain: A Proud Heritage 2. Regional Broadcasts AUTHOR: 1. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse 2. Wilfred Goatman KEYWORDS: 1. Britain, Luftwaffe, Royal Air Force, German Air Force 2. BBC services, General Overseas Service, Back radiation, General Forces Programme Document ID: INL-1944(J-D) Vol-II (08)

The New Wallace Stevens Studies

The New Wallace Stevens Studies
Author: Bart Eeckhout
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108976743

The New Wallace Stevens Studies introduces a range of fresh voices and promising topics to the study of this great American poet. It is organized into three sections. The first explores concepts that have begun to emerge in Stevens criticism: imperialism and colonialism, his politics of utopia, his ideas about community-building and audience, his secularism, and his transnationalism. The second section applies recent methodological and theoretical advances that have left a prominent mark on literary studies - from world literature and ecocriticism to urban studies, queer studies, intersectional thinking, and cognitive literary studies. Essays in the third section reassess issues that have long inspired critics. Here investigations include Stevens's reception by later poets, his attitude toward modern fiction, different modes of his poetic thinking, aspects of his rhetoric and style, and his lyrical ethics. This volume captures a cross-section of the most striking recent developments in Stevens criticism.

Selected Verse

Selected Verse
Author: Federico García Lorca
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1466898674

Selected verse from the poet who "expanded the scope of lyric poetry" (Rafael Campo, The Washington Post). The work of Federico García Lorca, Spain's greatest modernist poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. The revised Selected Verse, which incorporates changes made to García Lorca's Collected Poems, is an essential addition to any poetry lover's bookshelf. In this bilingual edition, García Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of the final elegies, confirming his stature as one of the twentieth century's finest poets.

AKASHVANI

AKASHVANI
Author: All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi
Publisher: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Total Pages: 47
Release: 1972-02-20
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 20 FEBRUARY, 1972 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 47 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXVII, No. 9 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 12-46 ARTICLE: 1. Recognition of Bangladesh By Soviet Union 2. Flutter in the Dollar Market 3. Indian Film Industry Today 4. Johannes Kepler: Founder of Modern Natural Science 5. Weather Forecast and the Common Man 6. On Being A Neighbour 7. Pak Colonialism in East Bengal AUTHOR: 1. Dr. V. P. Dutt 2. Dr. M. Das Gupta 3. Hameeduddin Mahmood 4. Dr. H. Herring 5. S. L. Chorghade 6. Fr. A. Gonsalves 7. Reviewer : Moonis Raja KEYWORDS : 1.Policy,Non-alignment,Anti-imperialist 2.Dollar,Money Market,Payments 3.National Film Awards,Cinema,Pundlik,Bombay 4.Galileo Galilei,Travel,Universe,Mecklenburg 5.Weather,Convenient Preamble,Cyclonic Storms 6.Animal,Marriage,Children,God Document ID : APE-1972 (J-M) Vol-I-08 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.

My Shadow Is My Skin

My Shadow Is My Skin
Author: Katherine Whitney
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 147732027X

The Iranian revolution of 1979 launched a vast, global diaspora, with many Iranians establishing new lives in the United States. In the four decades since, the diaspora has expanded to include not only those who emigrated immediately after the revolution but also their American-born children, more recent immigrants, and people who married into Iranian families, all of whom carry their own stories of trauma, triumph, adversity, and belonging that reflect varied and nuanced perspectives on what it means to be Iranian or Iranian American. The essays in My Shadow Is My Skin are these stories. This collection brings together thirty-two authors, both established and emerging, whose writing captures the diversity of diasporic experiences. Reflecting on the Iranian American experience over the past forty years and shedding new light on themes of identity, duality, and alienation in twenty-first-century America, the authors present personal narratives of immigration, sexuality, marginalization, marriage, and religion that offer an antidote to the news media’s often superficial portrayals of Iran and the people who have a connection to it. My Shadow Is My Skin pulls back the curtain on a community that rarely gets to tell its own story.

A Ghazal's Echo

A Ghazal's Echo
Author: Aashna Rai
Publisher: True Dreamster
Total Pages: 126
Release:
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

There exists a supreme feeling, hidden between the crevices of ourselves and hidden between the knots of our hopeful hearts. Love, Pyaar, amour, sneham, Preethi, called by a number of names, yet, the emotion is a special one. An emotion best expressed in words, in verses, in rhymes, and in the talks of the heart. A Ghazal's Echo is a poetry compilation, that speaks directly to the romantic in all of us. Showing the truest essence of this emotion, through the prose of our Co-Authors. Come join us in this journey of the different hues of love, and find your own answer to the ultimate question, what really is the Idea of Love?

Ravishing DisUnities

Ravishing DisUnities
Author: Agha Shahid Ali
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2000-11-03
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780819564375

A star-studded anthology infuses English poetry with the rigor and wit of a foreign form. In recent years, the ghazal (pronounced "ghuzzle"), a traditional Arabic form of poetry, has become popular among contemporary English language poets. But like the haiku before it, the ghazal has been widely misunderstood and thus most English ghazals have been far from the mark in both letter and spirit. This anthology brings together ghazals by a rich gathering of 107 poets including Diane Ackerman, John Hollander, W. S. Merwin, William Matthews, Paul Muldoon, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and many others. As this dazzling collection shows, the intricate and self-reflexive ghazal brings the writer a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Agha Shahid Ali's lively introduction gives a brief history of the ghazal and instructions on how to compose one in English. An elegant afterword by Sarah Suleri Goodyear elucidates the larger issues of cultural translation and authenticity inherent in writing in a "borrowed" form.

Talking through the Door

Talking through the Door
Author: Susan Atefat-Peckham
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2014-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0815652607

The writers included here are descendants of multiple cultural heritages and reflect the perspectives of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds: Egyptian, Iranian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Libyan, Palestinian, Syrian. They are from diverse socioeconomic classes and spiritual sensibilities: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and atheist, among others. Yet, they coexist in this volume simply as American voices. Atefat-Peckham gathered poetry and prose from sixteen accomplished writers whose works concern a variety of themes: from the familial cross-cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in the works of Iranian American writers Nahid Rachlin and Roger Sedarat to the mysticism of Khaled Mattawa’s poems; from the superstitions that govern characters in Diana Abu-Jaber’s prose to the devastating homesickness of Pauline Kaldas’s characters. Filled with emotion and keen observations, this collection showcases these writers’ vital contributions to contemporary American literature.

Persian Literature as World Literature

Persian Literature as World Literature
Author: Mostafa Abedinifard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1501354213

Confronting nationalistic and nativist interpreting practices in Persianate literary scholarship, Persian Literature as World Literature makes a case for reading these literatures as world literature-as transnational, worldly texts that expand beyond local and national penchants. Working through an idea of world literature that is both cosmopolitan and critical of any monologic view on globalization, the contributors to this volume revisit the early and contemporary circulation of Persianate literatures across neighboring and distant cultures, and seek innovative ways of developing a transnational Persian literary studies, engaging in constructive dialogues with the global forces surrounding, and shaping, Persianate societies and cultures.