Tears of Candles

About this book

Tears of Candles is the fourth volume of a body of work that moves freely between critical essays, studies, poetry, and philosophical reflection. Ramez Mohieddin Ali refuses inherited answers and examines the contradictions behind public certainty, private vulnerability, and performances of strength. The candle becomes an image of thought illuminating the spirit even as the heat of truth causes it to melt. Written with the candor of confession and the discipline of inquiry, the collection invites readers into a sustained dialogue between reason and feeling, society and self.