Kazim Ali is is the author of two books of poetry, The Far Mosque, and The Fortieth Day, in addition to Orange Alert: essays on poetry, art, and the architecture of silence, published as part of the University of Michigan Press's Poets on Poetry series in October 2010. He is also the author of the novels Quinn's Passage, named one of “The Best Books of 2005” by Chronogram magazine, and The Disappearance of Seth, and of the trans-genre memoir Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities. A second trans-genre volume of essays, lyric prose and memoir is forthcoming in 2011 from Tupelo Press. His work has been featured in many national journals such as Best American Poetry 2007, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Barrow Street, Jubilat and Massachusetts Review. He teaches at Oberlin College and at the Stonecoast MFA program, and is a founding editor of Nightboat Books.