{"product_id":"pilgrim-bell-poems-by-kaveh-akbar","title":"Pilgrim Bell: Poems by Kaveh Akbar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaveh Akbar's exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to \u003ci\u003eCalling a Wolf a Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar's second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body's question, \" \u003ci\u003ewhat now shall I repair?\u003c\/i\u003e\" Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance--the infinite void of a loved one's absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation--teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly crafted and generous, \u003ci\u003ePilgrim Bell\u003c\/i\u003e's linguistic rigor is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives--resonant, revelatory, and holy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalling a Wolf a Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e and has received honors such as a Levis Reading Prize and multiple Pushcart Prizes. Born in Tehran, Iran, he teaches at Purdue University and in low-residency programs at Warren Wilson and Randolph Colleges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52685291487517,"sku":"9781644450598","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/5897\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-06at1.33.31pm.png?v=1786037640","url":"https:\/\/www.middleeastbooks.com\/products\/pilgrim-bell-poems-by-kaveh-akbar","provider":"Middle East Books and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}