jam ismail: translit for language critturs writer, poet and language-hobbyist jam ismail was born in the british crown colony of hong kong, 1940. contexts past & present include: qu'ran, queer optimism (hongkong); ezra pound, sacred texts of the east (edmonton); maria campbell, lee maracle, jeannette armstrong (vancouver); henry corbin, amina wadud (london); gayatari mantram (bangalore)…