Kaveh Akbar
Iranian-American poet, editor, and teacher, author of poetry collections including Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Pilgrim Bell.
Books
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1. The Penguin Book Of Spiritual Verse
A wide-ranging anthology that gathers poetic responses to the sacred from across eras, cultures, and traditions, tracing how writers confront doubt, devotion, longing, grief, and moments of transcendence. The selections move between mystic lyric, prayerful meditation, skeptical inquiry, and everyday wonder, showing how spiritual experience is shaped by many religious vocabularies as well as secular sensibilities. Framed to provoke reflection rather than promote doctrine, the collection juxtaposes familiar and lesser-known voices to map the varied ways language attempts to hold the ineffable and offer consolation.
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