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Sholeh Wolpé

Sholeh Wolpé—(Poetry Editor) Sholeh Wolpé is an Iranian-born poet, writer, and librettist. Her most recent books include a new translation of 12thcentury Sufi mystic poet Attar, The Invisible Sun (Harper Collins) and a memoir in verse, Abacus of Loss (Univ. of Arkansas Press). The memoir is also available from Visor Libros in a bilingual edition. Sholeh’s literary work includes seven collections of poetry, several plays, five books of translations and three anthologies, as well as texts and librettos for choir and opera. Her translations of The Conference of the Birds (W.W. Norton, 2017) and of Forugh Farrokhzad, the rebel poet of Iran in Sin (Univ. of Arkansas Press) have garnered awards and established Wolpé as a celebrated re-creator of Iranian literature. Her opera, Nava Avaz, was a 2025 recipient of Opera America Discovery Award.  She has lived and studied in Iran, Trinidad, the UK and U.S. Presently she is the Writer-In-Residence at UCI and divides her time between California and Barcelona.  For more information about her work visit her website. You’ll also find her on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

3 September, 2023 • Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a day in the life at the airport.

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15 November, 2022 • TMR, Sholeh Wolpé

5 Poems & a Video—Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora

Poems from Iranian poets in Iran and diaspora, from a new anthology edited by Christopher Nelson and introduced by Kaveh Bassiri.

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15 November, 2022 • TMR, Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems from Quebec’s Nicole Brossard

Our poetry editor, Sholeh Wolpé, has selected two poems from the new collection from one of Canada's most lauded poets.

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15 October, 2022 • Sholeh Wolpé

The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”

The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.

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15 October, 2022 • Sholeh Wolpé

“I Will Write”—Homage to Ángel Guinda and Mahsa Amini

In this inaugural issue of Poetry Markaz we present the late Ángel Guinda's poem "Escribir" in honor of #Mahsa Amini.

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14 May, 2021 • Sholeh Wolpé

The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.

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