Poets have a way of incorporating other poets into their work. Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and ...
This paper discusses some possible, and hitherto unnoticed, Manichaean allusions found in a fragment by Shahīd-i Balkhī, an early New Persian poet flourished during the Samanid period. Through a close ...