{"product_id":"the-man-in-119-paperback","title":"The Man in 119 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali's latest collection uses a migrant geography to explore how the self moves through grief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man in 119, \u003c\/i\u003e the latest collection from accomplished poet Kazim Ali, explores loss and absence alongside the human body and the natural world. Here, the tongue becomes a collaboration between human and glacial current--the self, a \"tectonic topography of god.\" Grappling with questions of mortality in the wake of his mother's passing, Ali asks where we go when we leave this world: \"earth or sky or memory only.\" With musicality, these poems build a space for contemplation, offering vignettes of various individuals, memories, and geographies. We learn that in migration, the body moves, reproduces itself through the experience of losing and living still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. He has written novels, essay collections, translations, a work of memoir, and several poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eSukun\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2023), \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of Sheila Chandra\u003c\/i\u003e (Alice James Books, 2020), \u003ci\u003eInquisition\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eAll One's Blue\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins India, 2016), \u003ci\u003eWind Instrument\u003c\/i\u003e (Spork Press, 2014), \u003ci\u003eSky Ward\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2012), winner of the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; \u003ci\u003eBright Felon\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2009); \u003ci\u003eThe Fortieth Day\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2008); and \u003ci\u003eThe Far Mosque\u003c\/i\u003e (Alice James Books, 2005), winner of Alice James Books' New England\/New York Award. He has also edited \u003ci\u003eNew Moons\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of writing by North American Muslims and written essay collections on the poetics of Lucille Clifton and Agha Shahid Ali. He is a Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego and founder of the non-profit small poetry press, Nightboat Books.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56198308659505,"sku":"9781556597299","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/fatdzzdEvU9781556597299.webp?v=1788992897","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-man-in-119-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}