Kazim Ali's poetry debut draws on mystical traditions of the world's religions in its urgent quest.

Kazim Ali lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where he is co-editor of Nightboat Books and an assistant professor of liberal arts at The Culinary Institute of America. He received his MFA from New York University and is the author of a novel, Quinn's Passage (BlazeVox Books). His poetry has been published in The Colorado Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rattapallax, and elsewhere.