Fire AltarWritten between 1991 and 1993, Daruwala's collection celebrates the histories and legends of the grand Persian empire, a phase of history barely glanced at in contemporary literature. In these verses, Daruwala explores the histories of Darius, Cyrus, Xerxes and their courts, their battles, their triumphs and their losses. He ties in the narrative of the Persian empire, with its history of tolerance and its significance as the birthplace of

he addresses the three phases of becoming a quality leader:

but various rather inconvenient things keep getting in her way

Szalavitz argues for a practical application of the Hippocratic oath to "First

shopkeeper

but it can be overwhelming

Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law

Split between upstate New York in the nineties and present-day Manhattan

Since escaping her catacomb prison

especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe

Jax Jacki Brown

since Americans needed to consider the "twenty gods or no god" he famously noted were revered by his neighbors

Hindu society thrives