Ravishing Disunities

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Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

AGHA SHAHID ALI is on the poetry faculty of the University of Utah and Warren Wilson College. His seven collections of poetry include The Country Without a Post Office (1997), A Nostalgist's Map of America (1992), and The Half-Inch Himalayas (Wesleyan, 1987). He is also the translator of The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1995).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(16)
The Ghazals
Diane Ackerman
17(1)
Sondra Audin Armer
18(1)
Craig Arnold
19(1)
Diane Averill
20(1)
John Balaban
21(1)
Carol Jane Bangs
22(1)
Molly Bendall
23(1)
Lorna Knowles Blake
24(2)
Robert Boswell
26(1)
Karen Brennan
27(1)
Sharon Bryan
28(1)
Denver Butson
29(2)
John Canaday
31(1)
Robert N. Casper
32(1)
G. S. Sharat Chandra
33(3)
Richard Chess
36(2)
Marcyn Del Clements
38(2)
Katharine Coles
40(2)
Michael Collier
42(2)
Martha Collins
44(1)
Steven Cordova
45(1)
Katherine Cottle
46(1)
Rachel Dacus
47(1)
Keki N. Daruwalla
48(2)
Sharon Dolin
50(1)
John Drury
51(7)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
58(1)
Annie Finch
59(1)
Forrest Gander
60(2)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
62(1)
Reginald Gibbons
63(1)
Justin Goldberg
64(1)
Sara Suleri Goodyear
65(1)
John Gribble
66(1)
John Haag
67(1)
Marilyn Hacker
68(1)
Daniel Hales
69(1)
Daniel Hall
70(1)
Robert Hastings
71(1)
Christian Hawkey
72(1)
James Heflin
73(1)
Cynthia Hogue
74(2)
John Hollander
76(2)
Colette Inez
78(1)
David Raphael Israel
79(2)
James Jack
81(1)
Shelli Jankowski-Smith
82(2)
Paul Jenkins
84(2)
Aaron Van Jordan
86(1)
Bhagwan Kapoor
87(2)
Rafiq Kathwari
89(1)
Richard Kenney
90(2)
Nancy King
92(1)
Phyllis Koestenbaum
93(1)
Maxine Kumin
94(1)
Anthony Lacavaro
95(2)
Dominic Le Fave
97(2)
Kelly Le Fave
99(2)
Gabrielle LeMay
101(1)
Stuart Lishan
102(1)
Barbara Little
103(1)
William Matthews
104(7)
Glyn Maxwell
111(1)
J. D. McClatchy
112(1)
Heather McHugh
113(1)
W. S. Merwin
114(2)
Padmini Mongia
116(1)
Paul Muldoon
117(4)
Isabel Nathaniel
121(1)
Mil Norman-Risch
122(1)
Peggy O'Brien
123(2)
James O'Keefe
125(1)
Jacqueline Osherow
126(1)
Elise Paschen
127(2)
Peg Peoples
129(1)
Teresa M. Pfeifer
130(2)
Stanley Plumly
132(2)
Mary Pryor
134(2)
John Richard Reed
136(4)
Mary Jo Salter
140(1)
Grace Schulman
141(2)
Sagaree Sengupta
143(1)
Greg Simon
144(1)
Maurya Simon
145(1)
David R. Slavitt
146(1)
Ron Smith
147(3)
Carole Stone
150(1)
Elisabeth Stoner
151(1)
Adrienne Su
152(1)
Dorothea Tanning
153(1)
Judith Taylor
154(1)
Jennifer Tonge
155(1)
Roderick Townley
156(1)
Wyatt Townley
157(1)
Ann Townsend
158(1)
Ellen Bryant Voigt
159(1)
Bryan Walpert
160(1)
Rosanna Warren
161(1)
Robert William Watkins
162(2)
Ellen Dore Watson
164(2)
Paul West
166(1)
Rachel Wetzsteon
167(1)
John Edgar Wideman
168(2)
Bruce Williams
170(2)
Eleanor Wilner
172(1)
Stephen Yenser
173(1)
David Young
174(1)
Harriet Zinnes
175(1)
Martha Zweig
176(7)
Afterwords
Ideas of Order in an Afterword
179(4)
Sara Suleri Goodyear
Basic Points about the Ghazal 183(2)
Notes on Contributors 185

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