Saturday, March 5, 2016

Transnational Mysticism: A Review of Yahia Lababidi's Balancing Acts.



As I read Egyptian-American poet Yahia Lababidi’s newest work, Balancing Acts, I remembered Jean Eardman’s comment that “The way of the mystic and the way of the artist are related, except the mystic doesn't have a craft.”  Lababidi’s poetry demonstrates that he is a mystic with a craft: a true artist. 
Publication date April 1, 2016 by Press Fifty Three