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“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”
27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By SHAHé MANKERIAN

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By SHAHé MANKERIAN

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

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Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

Pantea Amin Tofangchi grew up in poetry, war, death, conflict, beauty, hatred, love, and censorship all at the same time. She was eight when the Iran‑Iraq War started and in […]

3 AUGUST 2023 • By PANTEA AMIN TOFANGCHI

Three Poems from Annie Finch’s Earth Days

Annie Finch’s poetry is a pure tone that calls us home to the first impulse of poetry. We link to mystery. We lift off. —Joy Harjo “Annie Finch’s spellbinding poems […]

3 AUGUST 2023 • By ANNIE FINCH

Joyce Mansour

Syrian Jewish, Egyptian and French, Joyce Mansour was a profilic poet and Surrealist.

4 JULY 2023 • By JOYCE MANSOUR

Sudeep Sen

TMR presents one of India’s most prized poets with four poems from his latest, "Red."

4 JULY 2023 • By SUDEEP SEN

Arthur Kayzakian, The Book of Redacted Paintings

Armenian Iranian immigrant poet Arthur Kayzakian presents his debut poetry collection with a video and excerpts.

4 JUNE 2023 • By ARTHUR KAYZAKIAN

Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun

Writer, editor and literary translator Zara Houshmand presents her new book of Rumi translations, Moon and Sun.

4 JUNE 2023 • By ZARA HOUSHMAND

Three Poems by Mona Kareem

Mona Kareem presents three poems from her new collection, I Will Not Fold These Maps, translated by Sara Elkamel.

2 MAY 2023 • By MONA KAREEM

Three Poems by Elena Karina Byrne

The poet presents three poems from her fifth collection, If This Makes You Nervous.

2 MAY 2023 • By ELENA KARINA BYRNE

Nathalie Karagiannis

Nathalie Karagiannis, a Greek poet and artist, shares with TMR her experimental work "The Idea of Berlin."

4 APRIL 2023 • By NATHALIE KARAGIANNIS
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