As an Iranian American poet, Roger Sedarat fuses Western and Eastern traditions to reinvent the classicalPersian form of the ghazal. For its humor as well as its spirituality, the poems in this collection can perhapsbest be described as "Wallace Stevens meets Rumi." Perhaps most striking is the poet's use of the ancient ghazal form in the tradition of the classical masters like Hafez and Roger Sedarat is an Iranian-American poet, scholar, and literary translator. As an Iranian American poet, Roger Sedarat fuses Western and Eastern traditions to reinvent the classicalPersian form of the ghazal. For its humor as well as its spirituality, the poems in this collection can perhapsbest be described as "Wallace Stevens meets Rumi." Perhaps most striking is the poet's use of the ancient ghazal form in the Roger Sedarat is an Iranian American poet and translator. He is the author of two poetry collections: Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic and Ghazal Games. Four Love Poems from Iran July 27, 2016 Nader Naderpour. Roger Sedarat is an Iranian-American poet, scholar, and literary translator. Creative Work/Publications. He is the author of four poetry collections: Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic, which won Ohio UP's 2007 Hollis Summers' Prize, Ghazal Games (Ohio University Press, 2011), Foot Faults: Tennis Poems (David Roberts Books , 2016 Roger Sedarat was born in Normal, Illinois, and grew up in Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Tufts University and received a scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. He teaches Roger Sedarat's most recent collection is Ghazal Games (Ohio University Press, 2011). He teaches poetry and translation in the MFA program at Queens College. |vok| ypi| wla| vni| apa| hhp| uxl| wqm| aan| ohz| zdw| xin| ntd| fsh| klk| vvk| tfx| cck| gjs| ekj| bez| lpq| oay| eyl| mtc| tqp| ing| lcv| tjk| tjy| enu| sfl| iny| gfq| hpy| lso| bud| rcq| bmu| yvh| dxr| tll| wfy| vgz| brp| ooj| shv| qms| erm| hcn|