Kazim Ali’s eloquent memoir "Northern Light" reports on the complicated history of a Canadian landscape and its Pimicikamak residents, who endure human-made challenges every... Read More

Ramadan, the annual month-long fast, is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. Along with believing in the Oneness of God, praying five times daily, tithing a percent of... Read More

In Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities (Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6916-5), Kazim Ali moves in and out of silence, aware always of the veil “between what you... Read More

In the first poem of Kazim Ali’s latest collection, "The Fortieth Day", God gives way to Lostness, and questions become more important than answers. The search for... Read More