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Kaveh Akbar
A transcendental debut novel from a multiple prize-winning poet; a story of mothers and sons, empires, and what it might mean to strive for love in a world that feels…
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"A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living…
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK * A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a…
An exciting new selection of poems exploring faith, the divine and doubt, written by poets across the world from antiquity to the present
Poets have always looked to the skies…
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A complete monograph on the artist shortlisted for the Prix Duchamp 2023.
Massinissa Selmani is an artist born in 1980 in Algiers. After studying computer science, he decided to attend…
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Addiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful and passionate debut.
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A profound exploration of faith and addiction and belonging from acclaimed American-Iranian poet Kaveh Akbar (‘the sorcerer’s sorcerer’ Tommy Orange)
‘Kaveh Akbar is the sorcerer’s sorcerer, masterful in the way…
Portrait of the Alcoholic is the first chapbook of poems from Ruth Lilly-winner and founding editor of Divedapper, Kaveh Akbar.
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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…
Entering its seventeenth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The poems included in this eclectic…
Doug Paul Case
As Kurt Vonnegut, Indiana's most famous writer, once remarked, "Wherever you go, there is always a Hoosier doing something important there."
A Flame Called Indiana features 65 writers of fiction…
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…
