K. Silem Mohammad

K. Silem Mohammad
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(s)	Brooke Michelle Robison

Kasey Silem Mohammad is an American poet and professor at Southern Oregon University.[1] He is one of the Flarf poets.

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, 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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[1] "K. Silem Mohammad | Faculty | English and Writing". Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2013-03-18.

[2] Poems About Trees by K. Silem Mohammad : Poetry Magazine

[3] ttp://www.thenation.com The Nation

[4] ttp://www.fenceportal.org Fence

[5] 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.

[6] 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.