The very first poetry from inside the pro-democracy movement in IRAN !
This explosive issue blows the cover on secrets that the fundamentalist regime has been hiding for years. These poets have endured prison and torture--they know where the bodies are buried, and in this historic issue they tell the world. Iranian poet and playwright Sholeh Wolpé takes you into the heart and soul of Iran’s ongoing struggle for freedom and human dignity.
This issue also displays the breathtaking range of Iranian and Persian poetry, from delightful humor to passionate love to mystic ecstasy. Included are FIVE new Rumi translations by Coleman Barks, who has made this ancient Persian mystic America’s best-selling poet!
This was the best-selling book at the recent Associated Writing Programs conference in Denver, where a large shipment sold out completely.
This issue of Atlanta Review is dedicated to the memory of Neda Agah-Soltan, a 26-year-old Iranian woman and student of philosophy who on June 20th, 2009, while at a demonstration in Tehran protesting the vote-count fraud in the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was targeted and shot in the heart by a Basiji.
More information here.
This explosive issue blows the cover on secrets that the fundamentalist regime has been hiding for years. These poets have endured prison and torture--they know where the bodies are buried, and in this historic issue they tell the world. Iranian poet and playwright Sholeh Wolpé takes you into the heart and soul of Iran’s ongoing struggle for freedom and human dignity.
This issue also displays the breathtaking range of Iranian and Persian poetry, from delightful humor to passionate love to mystic ecstasy. Included are FIVE new Rumi translations by Coleman Barks, who has made this ancient Persian mystic America’s best-selling poet!
This was the best-selling book at the recent Associated Writing Programs conference in Denver, where a large shipment sold out completely.
This issue of Atlanta Review is dedicated to the memory of Neda Agah-Soltan, a 26-year-old Iranian woman and student of philosophy who on June 20th, 2009, while at a demonstration in Tehran protesting the vote-count fraud in the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was targeted and shot in the heart by a Basiji.
More information here.
