One more new book, translations of ruba’iyat by Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire and author of the Baburnama. I think this is the first English collection of his poetry. Full of life, very varied and often very funny. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.

Another new book of translations, “The Source Of Light” by Mashrab, a 17th C Sufi mystic and a great poet, translated into English for the first time. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.

New book of translations, “Dilshad And Anbar Otin, Women Who Want To Be Heard,” two great women’s voices, translated into English for the first time. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.

New book of Alisher Navoiy’s 10 chistons (riddles), translated with the amazing Madina, who also co-translated “Ghazals To Allah”. Available on Amazon and elsewhere…

New book of ghazals by Alisher Navoiy, translated with a group of amazing students. Available on Amazon and elsewhere…

New collection of my own poems, drawing on Turkic-Persianate poetry and Central Asia in general for much of the inspiration. Available on Amazon and in select bookshops…

New book of translations. “Ghazals & Ruba’iyat” by Alisher Navoiy. Includes the ghazals from the Navoiy/Cho’lpon book, completely rewritten, plus 2 new ghazals and 15 ruba’iyat. Available on Amazon…

Another new book of translations! “Three Karakalpak Poets” is the first collection of English translations of the great 19th C poets Berdaq and Ajiniyaz, with their poems about oppression and exile, and the 20th C lyric poet Ibrayim Yusupov, whose “Aral Elegies”… 1/2

New book of translations! “New Method, New Poetry” is an anthology of Uzbek poetry by the Jadids, a reform movement in C Asia in the early 20th C, who perished in Stalin’s Terror. They wrote poems about political and social issues that are still fresh and relevant today.