New Moons

New Moons

Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims

Edited by Kazim Ali

$21.95

Publication Date: 16th November 2021

A dynamic collection of contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by North American Muslims.

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A dynamic collection of contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by North American Muslims.

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From the Introduction: “The goal with this anthology is to represent that full range of contemporary expressions of Islam, as well as a full range of genres—poetry, fiction, essay, memoir, political writing, cultural writing, and of course plenty of texts which mix and match and blur all of these modes . . . the trajectories between the pieces—like that of kismet—will be multiple, nonlinear, abstract. The Muslim community is plural and contradictory. This collection of voices ought to be symphony and cacophony at once, like the body of Muslims as they are today.”—Kazim Ali

Details
  • Price: $21.95
  • Pages: 368
  • Carton Quantity: 22
  • Publisher: Red Hen Press
  • Imprint: Red Hen Press
  • Publication Date: 16th November 2021
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781636280066
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors)
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
    POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors)
Reviews

"In offering a range of vignettes of Muslim life in North America from spiritual practices, political activism, family conflict, loss of homelands, to settling into new immigrant lives and forging communities of solidarity, New Moons is a timely corrective to the monolithic presentation of Muslims still pervasive in contemporary culture." World Literature Today


"A very moving and varied anthology of poetry, fiction, essays, and memoir by American Muslims provides a window into their experiences, especially after 9/11." —Matt Witt's World Wide Work

Author Bio

Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres, including several volumes of poetry, novels, and translations. He is currently a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego. His newest books are a volume of three long poems entitled The Voice of Sheila Chandra and a memoir of his Canadian childhood, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water.

From the Introduction: “The goal with this anthology is to represent that full range of contemporary expressions of Islam, as well as a full range of genres—poetry, fiction, essay, memoir, political writing, cultural writing, and of course plenty of texts which mix and match and blur all of these modes . . . the trajectories between the pieces—like that of kismet—will be multiple, nonlinear, abstract. The Muslim community is plural and contradictory. This collection of voices ought to be symphony and cacophony at once, like the body of Muslims as they are today.”—Kazim Ali

  • Price: $21.95
  • Pages: 368
  • Carton Quantity: 22
  • Publisher: Red Hen Press
  • Imprint: Red Hen Press
  • Publication Date: 16th November 2021
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781636280066
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors)
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
    POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors)

"In offering a range of vignettes of Muslim life in North America from spiritual practices, political activism, family conflict, loss of homelands, to settling into new immigrant lives and forging communities of solidarity, New Moons is a timely corrective to the monolithic presentation of Muslims still pervasive in contemporary culture." World Literature Today


"A very moving and varied anthology of poetry, fiction, essays, and memoir by American Muslims provides a window into their experiences, especially after 9/11." —Matt Witt's World Wide Work

Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres, including several volumes of poetry, novels, and translations. He is currently a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego. His newest books are a volume of three long poems entitled The Voice of Sheila Chandra and a memoir of his Canadian childhood, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water.