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LineageSeriesTupelo Press is proud to offera new series of books by diverseauthors examining complexaspects of personal and familyinheritance, including racial andcultural identity. Far moreadventurous in form andstructure than typical memoirs,these books attempt to combineprose and poetry as today’sinnovative documentary filmsseek to merge the techniquesof reportage and art.“The poem mirrors thelife of the believer, andmirrors the process ofprayer — of havinga conversation withthe supernatural.”— Jericho BrownA God in the House:Poets Talk About FaithInterviews edited by Katherine Towlerand Ilya KaminskyConversations from nineteen of America’s leadingpoets, reflecting upon their diverse experiences ofspirituality and the craft of writing. Participantsexpress Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist,Pagan, Wiccan, agnostic, Native American, andother world views.“... a noble and life-giving book.” — Philip ZaleskiKatherine Towler is the author of the novelsSnow Island, Evening Ferry, and Island Light. Sheteaches at Southern New Hampshire University.Ilya Kaminsky is author of Dancing in Odessa(Tupelo, 2004) and co-editor of The Ecco Book ofInternational Poetry (2010). He teaches at SanDiego State University and New England College.Contributors: Kazim Ali, Jericho Brown, AnnieFinch, Carolyn Forché, Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield,Fanny Howe, Li-Young Lee, Julius Lester, DunyaMikhail, Marilyn Nelson, Gregory Orr, AliciaOstriker, Grace Paley, Gerald Stern, JeanValentine, G. C. Waldrep, Eleanor Wilner, andChristian Wiman.$19.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-932195-19-4$36.95 cloth, ISBN 978-1-932195-30-9$9.99 e-book, ISBN 978-1-936797-31-8Fasting for Ramadan:Notes from a Spiritual PracticeEssays by Kazim Ali“Ali brings a razor-sharp minimalism to hisprose…. Those seeking traditional Islamic pietyor a logic-driven religious apologetic will not findit here. Instead, Ali boldly sketches the modernartist engaged in an ancient religious practice inan age of iftar Tweetups and iQuran mobilephone apps.” — Publishers Weekly“Kazim Ali — a writer whose powers astonish ineverything he puts pen to — has made inFasting for Ramadan a book that is hybrid,peregrine, and deeply, quietly revelatory….Is it possible for a work to be at once modest andan undeniable tour de force? This book proves:it is.” — Jane HirshfieldKazim Ali is author of two volumes of poetry,three books of prose, and a mixed-genre book.Founding editor of Nightboat Books, he teachesCreative Writing and Literature at OberlinCollege and in the University of SouthernMaine’s low-residency M.F.A. program.$19.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-932195-94-1$29.95 cloth, ISBN 978-1-936797-03-5Intimate:An American Family Photo AlbumMemoir / Biography by Paisley RekdalIn three parallel streams, Rekdal narrates the storiesof her parents’ mixed-race marriage alongside episodesfrom the lives of photographer Edward S. Curtis,chronicler and myth-maker of the Old West, and hismurdered Native American guide and interpreter,Alexander Upshaw.“In this daring lyric fusion of memoir and fictivebiography, history and cultural commentary, Rekdal ...exposes the man behind the camera, the beauty of hissubjects ... and the eerie resonance these figures sharewith her own remarkable life as the daughter of aChinese mother and Norwegian father.”— Melanie Rae ThonPaisley Rekdal is the author of a book of essays andthree books of poetry. She has received a Village VoiceWriters on the Verge Award, a Fulbright Fellowship, andthe Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship. Her workhas been featured in The New York Times SundayMagazine, on National Public Radio, and in manyliterary journals. She teaches at the University ofUtah in Salt Lake City.$19.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-932195-96-5$36.95 cloth, ISBN 978-1-936797-08-012