“It’s a book about me. It’s a book about you, too.”
– Kaveh Akbar, author of Pilgrim Bell

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COVER ART BY RICHARD ORIOLO
This sweeping multi-generational debut tells the story of a centuries-old curse carrying one family to the brink of the 1979 Iranian revolution--and announces the arrival of a bold new literary talent.

The Torkashvand family reveres their seemingly immortal patriarch, Agha, the trunk of their widely branching, family tree. When we come to the story, Agha is so old that he spends his days sitting in the family orchard, drinking tea and telling stories to his great-great-great-great grandson Ahmad. ...
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“This is a book that is both timeless and for our troubled times . . .”
​– Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of When Skateboards Will Be Free​ and Brief Encounters with the Enemy
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This project aims to bring together the information of Persian literature translated into English. The project will eventually take form as a website accessible to the public. The data would be freely available for viewing and download. Learn more about the "Persian, Translated" Project and help me collect data.
I Am a Face is an anthology of poetry by seven young Iranian poets. About this book Joyelle McSweeney writes, "The young poets collected here write with brio, ambition, and an almost astronomical self-possession."Learn more about the book and order copy here.
Ali Araghi is an Iranian writer and translator. He is now a PhD student in Comparative Literature, International Writers Track at Washington University in St. Louis.

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