K. Silem Mohammad Explained
Kasey Silem Mohammad is an American poet and professor at Southern Oregon University.[1] He is one of the Flarf poets.
| K. Silem Mohammad |
| Birth Name: | Kasey Silem Mohammad Hicks |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Brooke Michelle Robison |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford, UC Santa Cruz |
| Movement: | Flarf |
| Works: | Dear Head Nation, A Thousand Devils, Breathalyzer, The Front |
Life
Mohammad was born in Modesto, California, in 1962. He graduated with a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1991, and from Stanford University with a PhD in 1998. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Poetry,[2] The Nation,[3] Fence,[4] Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology, and Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing. He edits the literary journals West Wind Review and Abraham Lincoln: A Magazine of Poetry. He currently teaches creative writing at Southern Oregon University.
Works
- Sonnagrams 1-20, Slack Buddha Press, 2009 [5] [6]
- The Front, Roof Books, 2009,
- Breathalyzer, Edge Books, 2008,
- A Thousand Devils, Combo Books, 2004,
- Deer Head Nation, Tougher Disguises, 2003,
- Non-fiction
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: K. Silem Mohammad Faculty English and Writing . 2013-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130310015155/http://www.sou.edu/english/faculty/mohammak.html . 2013-03-10 . dead .
- http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/237052 Poems About Trees by K. Silem Mohammad : Poetry Magazine
- http://www.thenation.com The Nation
- http://www.fenceportal.org Fence
- News: McHugh. Heather. Three Sonnagrams. 18 March 2013. The Stranger. September 5, 2012. Kasey's not only the best anagrammarian I've ever run across, he's also found an inspired expedient: He fashions the poems to his taste, and then uses leftover letters for the title—the part of a poem that is most conventionally free to bear a floating or flirting relation to its meaning. The result? These amazing, salty, hilarious pieces, as precise as they are surprising..
- News: Case. Sarah. Songs and sonnets. 18 March 2013. Jacket. September 9, 2012. Instead of writing sonnets in the twenty-first century, Mohammad writes the twenty-first century into the sonnet..
