James E Montgomery

From ArabLit Quarterly Afterloss, grief, James E Montgomery

‘Afterloss’

May 12, 2025

James Montgomery on “Afterloss,” in the new issue of ArabLit Quarterly.

Poetry classical poetry, hunting poetry, James E Montgomery, Library of Arabic Literature

Hunting Poems by a One-Day Caliph from the Library of Arabic Literature

October 5, 2023

In early September, the Library of Arabic Literature published a new collection of hunting poems by Abbasid litterateur, poet, and caliph for a day Ibn al-Mu’tazz (247/861–296/908), in James E. […]

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9 Forthcoming in November 2018

November 1, 2018

Nine translations from the Arabic — at least, translated from the Arabic in some roundabout fashion — forthcoming this month.

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

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Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

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.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

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