Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. 1 At the Brink of Writing: Which Doors to Open First? 1
5. 2 Cosmopolitan Kinship: The Making of a Multi-world Subjectivity in the Poetry of Sa‘di 42
6. 3 Sa‘di on Care of the Self: Ethical Games of Power in Practice of Freedom 79
7. 4 “Every New Flower Arriving in the World”: Sa‘di and the Art of Ghazal Writing 108
8. 5 Gazing at the Garden of Your Beauty: Love in the Garden 136
9. 6 My Poor Heart Sometimes Runs, Sometimes Whirls: Meet Sa‘di the Comedian 166
10. 7 Epilogue: Leaving the Garden Already? Here Are a Few Things I Hope You Take Along 195
11. Bibliography 204
12. Index 211