Tag: Moazzam Sheikh
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“Angel Gone Rogue”: Silverfish, a Clash Books novella by Rone Shavers, reviewed by Moazzam Sheikh
I once translated a highly symbolic story by one of the finest modern Urdu writers Intizar Husain, “A Senseless Upheaval,” where the central character is a bygone era, excavated recently. Proof after proof, we come to understand how social and religious intolerance ushered that era’s gradual declensions and final eclipse. Silverfish’s last chapter, the epilogue,…
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Moazzam Sheikh Review: The Shaman of Turtle Valley, a Braddock Avenue Books novel by Clifford Garstang
There’s been a lot of talk, at least since Trump’s victory, about the poor Whites left to rust and rot due to our neoliberal economic policies pursued by the two political parties. We often get stuck with an image of illiterate redneck pockets unable to cope with the evolving nature of modernity and corporate greed.…
Heavy Feather Review 