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Misbah Wolf Misbah Wolf i(17037407 works by)
Also writes as: Misbah Khokhar ; Misbah
Born: Established: Karachi,
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Pakistan,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Her Hands Misbah Wolf , 2020 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Collisions : Fictions of the Future : An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour 2020; (p. 68-71)
1 The Dead Keep Strange Houses i "The lands breadth and depth of occupation knows no end, finally", Misbah Wolf , 2019 single work
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 9 no. 1 2019; (p. 105)
1 In Response to Police Brutality against Civilians Misbah , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 November no. 93 2019; Visual poetry
1 Rooftops in Karachi i "My cousin has named all of his homing pigeons. He takes them in his safe", Misbah , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Solid Air : Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word 2019; (p. 134)
1 y separately published work icon Rooftops in Karachi Misbah , Sydney : Vagabond Press , 2018 14000182 2018 selected work poetry

'‘Behind my eyes are the eyes of a horse looking out’. In this dynamic collection of prose poems, Misbah Khokar spins a bright new compass over fragmented, improvised worlds. Her poetry scopes the aftershocks of imperialism and voices wild new visions, bringing us to the territory behind the eyes. With what James Baldwin called ‘perception at the pitch of passion’, Khokhar's poems stun with their sudden intensities, their casual intimacies, their mapping of psychic expansions out of place. Their vocal resonance is emotionally protean—tones move swiftly from cool doom to playful grace—expressing the pleasures of observation and the strange consolations of unbelonging. —Lucy Van' (Publication summary)
1 Her Hands Misbah , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , August no. 21 2015;
1 The Land of Smoke i "Perhaps my family don't live in the big white house anymore, my cousins", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 136)
1 Veils as Flags i "The solution is to dispense with lines. Someone must rub out the", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 135)
1 The Plastic Comb Vendor i "He sells only red plastic combs like the dead cigarette girls with trays", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 135)
1 The Onyx Ring i "Once, my aunts found themselves the custodians of an onyx ring, the", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 135)
1 Ruins i "Sparrows find shade in throne rooms, and along balconies at night the", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 134)
1 Possessed i "My cousin Fasil might be psosessed. The whole family accepts this fact", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 134)
1 Imran, Irfan and the Electric Lights i "Each finite desire is contained within a coloured light bulb, and they climb the rooftops of houses and", Misbah Khokhar , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 15 2013;
1 1 The Freedom Fighter i "In case you die and they don’t know whose side you are on, you have an identity card", Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December vol. 36 no. 2011;
1 Soldiers Near the Khyber Pass i "I remember dogs shivering in the cold and sleet on the", Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 33)
1 3. Territory i "Under my skin is a mosque buried, over its surface borders", Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)
1 Metaphysics Misbah Khokhar , 2011 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)
1 2. Dressing the Departed i "Her mouth is no home for the shadows of snowflowers", Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)
1 1. Suicide Before i "A pod of pollen listless and languid, and this weight", Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)
1 I'm Going to Give You a Photograph Misbah Khokhar , 2011 single work prose
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 10 2011;
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