{"product_id":"naming-the-hungers-shadab-zeest-hashmi-9781935717317","title":"Naming the Hungers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTea--as botanical, fashion and obsession--is the axis around which Zeest Hashmi's drama of empires tangles, constricts and unravels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Kulhar Books.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in \"Silk Road\" tea rooms underneath the shadows of Orientalist paintings, Shadab Zeest Hashmi's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eNaming the Hungers\u003c\/i\u003e is an experiment in liquid ekphrasis, utilizing forms such as lyric and the lesser-known \u003ci\u003eqasida\u003c\/i\u003e against an encyclopedic sojourn into global trade's postcolonial hauntings. The result is a remarkable philosophical examination of received knowledge--whether meted out through the indiscriminate drone strike, Rudyard Kipling's racial animus or Thomas Lipton's plantation land-grabs--and of the mourning that accompanies the present's dragnet on hospitable tomorrows yet unbuilt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShadab Zeest Hashmi\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1972) is a Pakistani American poet and essayist. Her books include the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eKohl and Chalk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaker of Tarifa\u003c\/i\u003e, the anthology \u003ci\u003eGhazal Cosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e and the lyric memoir \u003ci\u003eComb\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught in the MFA program at San Diego State University as a writer-in-residence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shadab Zeest Hashmi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935717316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935717317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Shadab Zeest Hashmi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084133409023,"sku":"9781935717317","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naming-the-hungers-shadab-zeest-hashmi-9781935717317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}