In this second portion of a three-part interview about In Deadly Embrace, AJ Naddaff speaks with editor and translator James E. Montgomery on his approach to translating Ibn al-Muʿtazz, Abbasid-era literature, and poetry as a means for political engagement.  AJN: What made you want to work on Ibn al-Muʿtazz’s hunting poetry rather than his most … Continue reading Poet and Statesman: Behind the Curtains of Ibn al-Muʿtazz’s Hunting Poetry, Part II