As an Iranian American poet, Roger Sedarat fuses Western and Eastern traditions to reinvent the classical Persian form of the ghazal. For its humor as well as its spirituality, the poems in this collection can perhaps best be described as /u201cWallace Stevens meets Rumi./u201d Perhaps most striking is the poetAEs use of the ancient ghazal form in the tradition of the classical masters like Hafez and Rumi to politically challenge the Islamic Republic of IranAEs continual crackdown on protesters. Not since the late Agha Shahid Ali has a poet translated the letter as well as the spirit of this form into English, using musicality and inventive rhyme to extend the reach of the ghazal in a new language and tradition.

Book Information
ISBN 9780821419502
Author Roger Sedarat
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Ohio University Press
Publisher Ohio University Press