About the Author

NAVEED ALAM was born and raised in Pakistan. He received a BA in history from Macalester College and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon. He lives in Spanish Harlem and teaches English and creative writing at the City University of New York.

Reviews

"The personae of the poems move through a global marginalized world that stretches from the Silk Road to cyberspace. . . . A haunting Book of Journeys in which safari is the steady state and wandering is a permanent address."