Cursive ParadiseKaur Alia Ahmed Kaur Alia Ahmeds Cursive Paradise asks how a refusal of cogency can lyrically expand perception. They write, To weigh heavily on something is to decide its shape, and throw language into a state of excess. These poems shift and eddy, loop, and undulate, seeking out spaces of desire and onomatopoeic attraction. All the while, Ahmed offers a view of subjectivity and gender made resonant and malleable, insisting on language that is lush