{"product_id":"zeest-hashmi-shadab-naming-thepb","title":"[10\/27\/26] Zeest Hashmi, Shadab: Naming the Hungers","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaya Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 27, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTea--as botanical, fashion and obsession--is the axis around which Zeest Hashmi's drama of empires tangles, constricts and unravels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361796513815,"sku":"9781935717317","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71AhD4jxfPL._SL1000.jpg?v=1786146582","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/zeest-hashmi-shadab-naming-thepb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}