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C. E. Shy: A Life in Writing, Music, and Faith
An author archive for Cleveland writer and imam Mutawaf Abdus Shaheed, tracing his poetry, novellas, music, prison work, collaborations, and published books.
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The archive connects several strands of one career rather than presenting a conventional author résumé. Its timeline runs from a poetry column at the White Motors truck plant through Stockholm, the Muntu Poets, free-jazz bass playing, Islamic leadership, and a return to writing in the 1990s. The site also documents collaborations in which poems meet photographs and collage, and identifies Inner Child Press as the publisher of many of the author's books.
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