The Translator of Desires: Poems: 147 (The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) - Softcover
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Michael Sells is the Barrows Professor Emeritus of the History and Literature of Islam and professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many translations and studies of classical Arabic poetry.
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