{"product_id":"kohl-and-chalk-9780985288396","title":"Kohl and Chalk","description":"In her first collection Baker of Tarifa, a contemplation of the symbiotic Euro-Arab culture of Andalusia and its reverberations across the centuries, Shadab Zeest Hashmi revealed a bold and original voice with an ability to meld cultures and poetic forms with great skill. In Kohl and Chalk, she takes this further with her accomplished ghazals - a poetic form that is central to Urdu literature and song. This is a truly exciting collection, and Hashmi is clearly a poet to watch. -- Muneeza Shamsie (Editor Leaving Home and A Dragon Fly in the Sun)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHashmi, Shadab Zeest:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Shadab Zeest Hashmi is a Pushcart nominee and winner of the San Diego Book Award for poetry for BAKER OF TARIFA--a book based on the history of interfaith tolerance in Al Andalus (Muslim Spain). Her work has been included in the \u003cem\u003eSeeds of Peace\u003c\/em\u003e concert with the award-winning Al Andalus Ensemble, in the film \u003cem\u003eCruzando Lineas: Crossing Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been translated into Urdu by Pakistan Academy of Arts and Letters. She has presented her series of poems and photographs titled Across the Windowsill at San Diego Museum of Art. She has served as an editor for the annual \u003cem\u003eMagee Park Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e and the online journal \u003cem\u003eMahMag World Literature\u003c\/em\u003e and has taught as a visiting professor in the MFA program at San Diego State University. She has published her poetry and prose in numerous journals worldwide and represents Pakistan on \u003cem\u003eUniVerse: A United Nations of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Poetic Matrix Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924973162770,"sku":"9780985288396","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09050e55-eb7b-4ba3-a66d-4925a9ac5182.jpg?v=1738974429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kohl-and-chalk-9780985288396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}