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Annotated Bibliography: Writing a Ghazal

Folsom, Eric, et al. [] accessed 5/18/10 This source features several sections of commentary on the form and is followed by several examples of the genre, written in English. It concludes with a few links to other ghazal related pages. The poems found here seem pretty good and follow the form while also showing some of the possibilty for variation. The commentary is especially good for history of and typical uses of the form.

Schneiderman, Jason. "Looking in the Broken Mirror: Teaching the Ghazal." __Teachers and Writers__ Spring 2010 This article looks to be a good one for teaching the genre. Contained in it are several pieces of advice on getting started, problems to anticipate and their potential solutions, history and uses of the form, and lots of other references are pointed to for further investigation.

Academy of Am. []. accessed 5/18/2010 This source give some good introductory material about the form, its history and typical uses as well as a couple of examples.

Agha Shahid Ali__, Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English__. I don't have all the bibliographical info on this one yet as I haven't actually gotten my hands on a copy. i have it on order through interlibrary loan though and hopefully it will arrive soon! It promises to be chock full of good examples of ghazals written in English and also is supposed to have some commentary about the form in the intro.