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Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—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...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Sholeh Wolpé
Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Bethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

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...

3 AUGUST 2023 • By Pantea Amin Tofangchi
Sudeep Sen

Sudeep Sen

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

4 JULY 2023 • By Sudeep Sen
An Island Without a Sea: Bahrain Odyssey

An Island Without a Sea: Bahrain Odyssey

UK-based poet and editor of Between Two Islands, Ali Al-Jamri takes us on a Bahrain journey.

4 JUNE 2023 • By Ali Al-Jamri
Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun

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 Tishani Doshi

Three Poems by Tishani Doshi

Madras, Indian-born poet, writer, and dancer Tishani Doshi presents three of her latest poems.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Tishani Doshi
Two Poems from Quebec’s Nicole Brossard

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...

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Faces Hidden in the Dust by Ghalib—Two Ghazals

Faces Hidden in the Dust by Ghalib—Two Ghazals

Tony Barnstone and Bilal Shaw present their book of Ghabib ghazals, translated from the Urdu.

16 OCTOBER 2022 • By Tony Barnstone
After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection by Jordanian Palestinian American author Laila Halaby.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Who is Poet-Translator Mbarek Sryfi?

Who is Poet-Translator Mbarek Sryfi?

Jordan Elgrably paints a portrait of a translingual Moroccan American who champions the inbetween.

8 AUGUST 2022 • By
Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Farah Abdessamad responds to Tunisia's July 25 constitutional referendum with a poem for her country.

1 AUGUST 2022 • By Danielle Haque
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