Calling a Wolf a Wolf

3,Mr. Akbar's poems give language and form to many experiences I thought too abstract for expression. They are at once deeply personal and about all of us.-John Green, The Wall Street Journal...Akbar proves what books can do in his exceptional debut, which brings us along on his struggle with addiction, a dangerous comfort and soul-eating monster he addresses boldly... -Library Journal, STARRED reviewAt times conversational, at times oratorical, Akbar seems to understand that he is moving through the intimate and the cosmic with the same lingering eye for detail. -Angel City Review[Calling a Wolf a Wolf] is a welcome testimony to how the deeply personal can seep into and even shape our national consciousness. This is the work of great poetry. -Seattle Review of Books[Calling a Wolf a Wolf] is a book that whispers, that longs for connection... -Rain Taxi Review of BooksThese are meditations on life as viewed through the color-saturated prism of a self-admitted alcoholic-addict, who finds beauty in even the ugliest of experiences. -VOGUE