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“Misspelled Cities: Poems for Afghan Cities” notebook #105, documenta(13)
As a prelude to the 2012 exhibition, dOCUMENTA (13) and Hatje Cantz are publishing a series of notebooks, 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts, that is comprised of facsimiles of existing notebooks, commissioned essays, collaborations, and conversations. A note is a trace, a word, a drawing that all of a sudden becomes part of thinking, and is […]
MoreIPPY Awards: Silver Medal for Best Anthologies Section
On June 4th, 2012 Afifa Yusufi, Sahar Muradi and I accepted the Silver Medal for Best Anthology Award at the BEA Convention in NYC. The award ceremony was a spin off event and we were in the company of brilliant and adventurous writers. The award acknowledged ten years of work bringing this important anthology to […]
MoreSeven Leaves, One Autumn: Seven Contemporary Poets
I’m honored to be part of this wonderful anthology of international poets edited by Sukrita Paul Kumar and Savita Singh, published in New Delhi, India. Authors featured in this book: Julie Boden Clara Janes Kishwar Naheed Ute Margaret Saine Savita Singh Sukrita Paul Kumar
MoreSplit this Rock Poetry Festival, DC
Spent this past Friday and Saturday in DC at the Split this Rock Poetry Festival. I’m not sure if it was knowingly timed with the cherry blossom season in DC but it was a lovely surprise to find so much pink beauty in the streets (despite the later rain). I had the good fortune of […]
MoreBook Signing at AWP Conference in DC: 2/4/11
Inshallah, if we can get down to DC in time considering all of this snow, then Sahar Muradi and I will be signing our book: One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature on Feb 4th 10:30am University of Arkansas Press Booth number 401 and 403 at the Association of Writing Programs […]
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