Literature

2021 Year in Review

Literature by ZohraJanuary 1, 2022January 18, 2022

Writing Statement

Literature by ZohraAugust 15, 2019March 13, 2021

The Conference of the Birds

Literature by ZohraJanuary 2, 2017April 27, 2018

Publisher’s Weekly Review of Langston Hughes in Turkestan

Literature by ZohraJanuary 19, 2016June 21, 2016

Translations!

Literature by ZohraNovember 4, 2014April 12, 2018

My first interview in a Magazine in Afghanistan

Literature by ZohraMay 11, 2014June 21, 2016

Asian American Literary Review: Mixed Race in a Box

Literature by ZohraDecember 17, 2013June 21, 2016

Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader

Literature by ZohraNovember 28, 2013June 21, 2016

Literature by ZohraAugust 3, 2012August 4, 2014

Split this Rock Poem of the Week: Kandahar by Zohra Saed

Kandahar Behave or the sleeping Alexander will reclaim your lungs. Kandahar – Was once a cube of sugar Refusing to dissolve in the sea. It became a city from sheer stubbornness. Alexander naively said, “This is my land!” causing the earth to giggle and birth him a wife Rukhshana. (Roxanna if you prefer). […]

Literature by ZohraJuly 18, 2012July 22, 2012

Nadia Tueni: Fall 2012 Release from UpSet Press

This summer I’ve had the great luxury of time and the gift of an iPhone 4s. So, I’ve photo documented the process of copyediting the late Lebanese poet, Nadia Tueni’s (1935-1983) poetry collection: The Blond Texts + The Age of Embers translated from the French by Amir Parsa. The photos are from June-July 2012 and […]