Contemporary Ghazals No. 7 - Softcover

Watkins, R. W.; Ali, Agha Shahid; Alexander, Mike; Butson, Denver; Dennis, William; Hales, Daniel; Horstmann, Steffen; Israel, David Raphael; Little, Barbara; Melino, Eugene A.; Slider, Red; West, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1548166243 ISBN 13: 9781548166243

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Consisting primarily of expanded or revised versions, ‘vault’ material and “stray bastards”, the ‘posthumous’ Contemporary Ghazals No. 7 (in the words of magazine founder and original editor R. W. Watkins) “represents the furthest one can take the ghazal form while still preserving the fundamental dynamics of its structure, if not always some semblance of its basic self”. Hence the inclusion of such cutting-edge and often lengthy treatments of the form at the hands of such seasoned practitioners as Steffen Horstmann, Mike Alexander, David Raphael Israel and R. W. Watkins himself. Other familiar names found in this issue include Denver Butson, William Dennis, Barbara Little, Daniel Hales, Bill West and Red Slider. There is even a ‘cut-up’ of Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001) ghazals as assembled and embellished by Watkins and Eugene Melino. The groundbreaking Contemporary Ghazals was discontinued as a regular publication in 2016, when Watkins chose to replace it with Eastern Structures, a magazine more inclusive of various other Asian poetic forms. But this double-length special issue—the second in a series of CG-related archival publications from Nocturnal Iris—is a not-so-subtle reminder of the earlier mag’s devotion to form and a testament to its continued appeal.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1548166243
• ISBN 13: 9781548166243
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 44