“A marvelous interweaving of poetry, scholarship, literary criticism and memoir…”

– Marilyn Hacker, author of A Stranger’s Mirror

“…a gift that enriches our literature…”

– Eleanor Wilner, author of Tourist in Hell

“…a celebration of, and a love letter to, the language of the world…”

– Fady Joudah

“…a smorgasbord of aesthetic pleasures viewed through the prism of the majestic Ghazal…”

– Azra Raza

“…a bridge between the eastern and western traditions of literature…”

– Raza Rumi

“I particularly like (her) emphasis on the ghazal’s potential to adapt, and her own ghazals…”

– Marion Molteno