Belonging : new poetry by Iranians around the world /
From the Publisher: Recent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Western readers may have some awareness of the Iranian novel thanks to a few breakout success...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Talebi, Niloufar. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Persian |
| Language notes: | Contains English and Persian parallel text. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books ; Seattle, Wash. : Scala House Press, [2008] |
| Series: | Scala translation series.
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction xiii
- Notes on Selection xxiii
- Notes on Translation xxv
- Amir-Hossein Afrasiabi, b. 1934 (The Netherlands)
- Red Rose 1 Red Rose 2 The Grayest Port Ghosts Two Poems
- Yearning for Saari 1 Sketch 4 Sketch 13 Sketch 25 Waking Dreams 3 Waking Dreams 6 Waking Dreams 7 Because of Boredom 21 Nader Naderpour, 1929-2000 (U.S.)
- Conversation in the
- Name Stone Bosom Stones (3) Lipbrimmings (4) Esma'il Kho'i, b. 1938 (U.K.)
- To the Aged Mulberry Branch In a Thousand Years Song Losing Image of Kindness Partow Nooriala, b. 1946 (U.S.)
- Many Happy Returns Four Springs Majid Naficy, b. 1952 (U.S.)
- Narcissus Flower Night To a Snail Abbas Saffari, b. 1951 (U.S.)
- Tomorrow A Bird Is a Bird Saturday Night Dinner Revenge Tanka for Loneliness Reza Farmand, b. 1956 (Denmark)
- My Mother Did Not Become Beautiful (excerpt)
- The Dead Dear One I Hang Myself
- Book of Fears 1 Book of Fears 27 Book of Fears 30 Book of Fears 41 Book of Fears 45 Behzad Keshmiripour, b. 1958 (Germany)
- If You Danced the Wind Barefoot on Nightvelvet Shahrouz Rashid, b. 1960 (Germany/U.S.)
- Seasonless Years (excerpt) Downfall on the Horizon (excerpt) Icarus (excerpt) Letter to Father Naanaam, b. 1966 (Canada)
- Untitled 19 One Must Not Sleep with Juliet and Not Be Romeo 37 AntiPoem 2 Granaz Moussavi, b. 1973 (Australia)
- Moving Sale Post-Cinderella Half-Bottle Song of a Forbidden Woman Ziba Karbassi, b. 1974 (U.K.)
- Gravequake Love Is Lemony Revolution Song of
- The Sticky Dream of a Banished Butterfly (excerpt)
- My Death Come What May Woman Seeking
- Acknowledgments