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Akbar speaks to students during book-signing after his reading. Photo by Prof. Mark Neely.<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the most celebrated young poets on the scene visited Ball State this week. Kaveh Akbar<\/a>, a\u00a0professor at Purdue University and author of the poetry collection Calling A Wolf A Wolf<\/em><\/a>, read from his book and from some new work before a large, rapt crowd in a tightly-packed AJ 175 on Tuesday, April 10.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Calling a Wolf a Wolf<\/em><\/a>, published by Alice James Books in 2017, Akbar explores himself, inside and outside, the mind, and ideas of religion, recovery, and rediscovery. Akbar is open about this collection being a recovery narrative, and the poems invite readers to experience the recovery with him.<\/p>\n

On his visit, in addition to reading from the book and from new work in progress (including a poem written Tuesday morning!), Akbar shared personal stories and lingered for more than an hour talking with students and signing books. The line for autographs and hugs stretched outside the lecture hall.<\/p>\n

Akbar\u2019s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New York Times, The Nation, Tin House, Best American Poetry 2018, The New Republic, The Guardian, Ploughshares, Georgia Review, PBS NewsHour, Harvard Review, American Poetry Review, Narrative, The Poetry Review, AGNI, New England Review, A Public Space, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry International, Best New Poets 2016, Boston Review<\/em>, and elsewhere. Akbar founded and edits Divedapper<\/em><\/a>, a home for interviews with the most vital voices in contemporary poetry.<\/p>\n

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