Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora: February 12, 2022
Co-presented with the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies and Diaspora Arts Connection, this remote-access event features California poets/translators Armen Davoudian, Farnaz Fatemi, Gary Gach, Zara Houshmand, Persis Karim, Mojdeh Marashi, and Sholeh Wolpé, each contributors to the new anthology, Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora, edited by Christopher Nelson; introduced by Kaveh Bassiri (Green Linden Press, 2021). The poet/translators read from their own poetry and poems in translation by Iranian poets, followed by a conversation in response to questions from the audience, and from emcee, Steve Dickison.
- Publisher
- DocFilm Institute
- Location
- The Poetry Center, SFSU (Remote Access Event)
- Date
- 2022-02-12
- Event Run Time
- 01:16:12
- Contributors
- Zara Houshmand
- Gary Gach
- Armen Davoudian
- Persis Karim
- Steve Dickison
- Farnaz Fatemi
- Christopher Nelson
- Sholeh Wolpé
- Mojdeh Marashi
- Rights
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