K. Silem Mohammad

American poet

Kasey Silem Mohammad is an American poet and professor at Southern Oregon University.^[1] 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,^[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.