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“In my all-boys school they’re all dumber than me./ I sit in the back and read André Gide” | by Armen Davoudian, co-winner 2021 PI Prize
Iran
Arthur Kayzakian
Photo by Andy Smith ARTHUR KAYZAKIAN is the winner of the 2021 inaugural Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series for his collection, The Book of Redacted Paintings, which was also selected as a finalist for the 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. He is the recipient of the 2023 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment …
Moan of the Mirror (Ahe Ayeneh)
by H.E. Sayeh: Digging in the pit, / her family knew it was her / by her long hair.
A Room of My Own
by Naghmeh Zarbafian: A finger is in between the blinds, / reaching out for the feathery tone of snow
Naghmeh Zarbafian
Poetry International 20/21
“A Room of My Own”
Mimi Khalvati
Poetry International 7/8
“Come Close”
“Overblown Roses”