Scholar of Iranian Diaspora Studies, Professor, and Poet
San Francisco State University
Categories covered by Persis
Talks covered by this speaker
Lessons in Global Literary Activism from "Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here"
About this Speaker
PERSIS KARIM<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);"> is a poet and editor and professor of World & Comparative Literature at San Francisco State University. She also holds the Neda Nobari Endowed Chair and serves as director of the newly-established Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including MiGoZine, </span>Callaloo<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);">, </span>Reed Magazine<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);">, </span>The Raven’s Perch<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);">, and </span>The New York Times<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);">. She is the editor of three anthologies of Iranian diaspora literature and is glad to be tending to her own poetry manuscript, </span>Satisfy the Bones<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(54, 64, 67);">, which was selected a finalist for the Catamaran Review Prize. 2019.</span>
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