Upcoming Readings and Presentations:
Previous Readings and Presentations:
Presenter, with Nahid Rachlin, Kamran Rastegar, Persis Karim,
and Manijeh Nasrabadi. Years of Iranian American Literature:
Reflections and Prospects. Graduate Center, City University of New
York, Sept. 17, 2009.
Moderator and Presenter, with Niloufar Talebi, Richard Jeffery
Newman, Iraj Anvar, and Katayoon Zandvakili. Persian Poetry: Origins,
Translations, and Influences. The Philoctetes Center, New York City.
Sept. 22, 2009.
Featured Reader with Tiphanie Yanique, Voices of the Rainbow
Reading Series, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Nov. 10, 2009
at 12pm.
Featured Reader, with Jayne Anne Phillips ( Rutgers-Newark MFA Program, Jan. 26, 2010 at 4:30pm.
Featured Reader, Literature of Resistance: An Afternoon of
Solidarity with the Iranian People. Bowery Poetry Club, New York City,
2009.
Reader, Jackson Heights Poetry Festival, Jackson Heights, New York, Summer 2009.
Featured Reader, Poetry Salaam/The Fatoosh Ensemble Present: "We are Gaza.” Montclair State University, Spring 2009.
Featured Reader with Joyce Zonana, Recognizing the Other: The
Mysteries of Iran, Egypt, and Memory, Benai Keshet Synagogue,
Montclair, NJ, Spring 2009.
Featured Reader with Subhashini Kaligotla, and Vaimoana
Niumeitolu, Roger Sedarat, Verlaine/Kundiman Reading Series, 110
Rivington St.(between Essex & Ludlow) New York, NY, Spring 2009.
Featured Reader, “Second Wednesdays”: Williams Carlos Williams’
Society Poetry Cooperative, Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford,
NJ, Spring 2009.
Featured Reader, La Taza Coffee House, San Antonio, TX, Spring 2009
.
Reader, Friends of the Library, Queens College, Fall 2008.
Reader, The Quetzal Quill Series, The Cornelia Street Café, Fall 2008.
Reader, Laugh Lines: Humor and the Art of Writing Poetry, The
New York Times Knowledge Network (online tutorial in collaboration with
CUNY), Fall 2008.
Reader, Poetry with Politics, The Asian American Writers Workshop, Fall 2008.
Reader, Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Waterloo Village, Stanhope, Festival Reading, Fall 2008.
Reader (Poetry and Translation), Hudson Valley Writer’s Center, Fall 2008.
Reader, Cervena Barva Publication Reading, KGB Bar, Fall 2008.
Reader, Association of Iranian-American Writers, Asian American Writers Workshop?(in collaboration with Arte East)? Fall 2008.
Reader, Poetry and Translation Conference; University of Stirling, Scotland, Summer 2008.
Featured Reader, Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ, Summer 2008.
Featured Reader, Rock Star Poets, Pianos Bar, Bloomfield, NJ, Summer2008.
Featured Reader, Undergraduate Poetry Workshop at Sarah Lawrence College; Spring 2008.
Featured Reader, Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ, Spring 2008.
Featured Reader, Shab-e-She’r Persian Arts Festival, Bowery Poetry Club , New York, NY; January 2008.
Reader, with Kimiko Hahan. Pacific Standard Bar, Brooklyn, NY; December 2007.
Presenter, “Memorable Rhyme: Recollecting the Past through Sound.” Jackson Heights Poetry Festival, Summer 2009.
Presenter, “Translating Out of the Box: A Case Study of
Creative Repression.” Translatable: Creativity and Knowledge Formation
Across Cultures; Duke University and University of North
Carolina—Chapel Hill, Spring 2009.
Presenter, “Negotiating Identities in Dear Regime: Letters to the
Islamic Republic,” Something to Declare? Writers Discuss America
’s Internal Border, (PEN America Panel), Chicago Hilton Associated
Writers Programs Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Spring 2009.
Presenter, “Translation in the Writing Classroom: Language as a
Carrier of Culture.” Translation Pedagogy Panel. From Ghazal to
Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures,
Spring 2009.
Chair, “Translation of Middle Eastern Languages Panel.” From Ghazal
to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures,
Spring 2009.
Presenter, “Looking for Trouble”: The Politics of Persian Poetry.”
Activist Poetry / Poetic Activism. Northeastern Modern Language
Association, Boston, MA, Spring 2009.
Presenter, “A Victorian Hafez?: Rereading the Divan in the 21st
Century.” Poetry and Translation International Conference. University
of Stirling, Scotland, Summer, 2008.
Race and Poetry Symposium at Sarah Lawrence College; Spring 2007.
PSC Union Political Reading, PSC Union Hall, New York, NY; November 2006.
Featured Reader, Frequency Reading Series in Poetry, The Four Faced Liar, New York, NY; May 2006.
Featured Reader, Phoenix Series, Flannery’s Bar, New York, NY; February 2004 and April 2006.
Featured Reader, Writers from the Middle East, Teaching Learning Center. Borough of Manhattan Community College, March 2006.
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2002-2004.
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