Kasey Silem Mohammad is an American poet and professor at Southern Oregon University. He is one of the Flarf poets.
| K. Silem Mohammad | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kasey Silem Mohammad Hicks |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford, UC Santa Cruz |
| Notable work | Dear Head Nation, A Thousand Devils, Breathalyzer, The Front |
| Movement | Flarf |
| Spouse | Brooke Michelle Robison |
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, The Nation, Fence, 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
- The Front, Roof Books, 2009, ISBN 9781931824354
- Breathalyzer, Edge Books, 2008, ISBN 9781890311230
- A Thousand Devils, Combo Books, 2004, ISBN 9780972888004
- Deer Head Nation, Tougher Disguises, 2003, ISBN 9780974016702
- Non-fiction
- Richard Greene; K. Silem Mohammad, eds. (2007). Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize with a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812697094.
- Richard Greene; K. Silem Mohammad, eds. (2010). Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy: New Life for the Undead. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812696837.
References
- "K. Silem Mohammad | Faculty | English and Writing". Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- Poems About Trees by K. Silem Mohammad : Poetry Magazine
- http://www.thenation.com The Nation
- http://www.fenceportal.org Fence
- McHugh, Heather (September 5, 2012). "Three Sonnagrams". The Stranger. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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.
- Case, Sarah (September 9, 2012). "Songs and sonnets". Jacket. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
Instead of writing sonnets in the twenty-first century, Mohammad writes the twenty-first century into the sonnet.
External links
- Author's website
- "K. Silem Mohammad", PennSound
- Tom Beckett, "Interview with K. Silem Mohammad ", e-x-c-h-a-n-g-e-v-a-l-u-e-s, June 28, 2005
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