Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part interview, the first installment of which appears here. Adonis is the pen name adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber. Born in 1930 in the Syrian village of Qassabin, the 13-year-old Ali knew that he was destined to be a poet. When he heard that the … Continue reading I Have Been Born Three Times: An Interview With Adonis, Part Two