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Books

Publications:

Books of Poems:

. Keeping Time With Blue Hyacinths (University of Arkansas Press, 2013)

. Rooftops of Tehran ( Red Hen Press, 2008)

. The Scar Saloon (Red Hen Press, 2004)

Anthologies:

. Breaking the Jaws of Silence -- Sixty American Poets Speak to the World (University of Arkansas Press, 2013), editor

. The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its Exiles (Michigan State University Press, 2012), editor

. Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, (Norton 2011), regional editor

. Iran issue of the Atlanta Review, editor (2010)

Translations:


. Sin — Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press, Oct. 2007)

Recordings:

The Scar Saloon CD (Refuge Studios, 2005)

Articles by Sholeh Wolpe available on the Web:

Word To World

Two Poems by Iran's Rebel Poet

The Transformative Power of Literature

A Poem for President Obama

I Have Sinned ...

Iran: Poetry Can't Be Arrested

Work published in the following anthologies:

— Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers (Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2013)

— Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers" (PM Press, 2012)

— Fresh Flash:  Short Short Stories About Youth (Persea Books, April 2011)

— Poetry of Provocation and Witness from Split This Rock (wordpress, 2012)

— The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its exiles (Michigan State University, 2012)

— Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (Norton 2010)

— Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology (The Rumpus, 2012)

— Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond ( Norton, 2008)

Powwow: American Short Fiction from Then to Now (Da Capo Press, an imprint of the Perseus Books Group Inc., 2009)

— Poetry of Iranian Woman, A contemporary anthology (Create Space Press, 2009)

— Been There, Read That: The Armchair Traveller's Companion (Victoria University Press, 2008)

— Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves, — An anthology of Asian American Female Poets (Deep Bowl Press, Feb. 2008)

— In Our Own Words-- A Generation Defining Itself (MW Enterprises, New York 2007)

— Evensong: Contemporary Poems of Spirituality (Bottom Dog Press, 2006)

— Inlandia: A Literary Journey Through California's Inland Empire (Heyday, 2006)

— Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (University of Arkansas Press, 2006)

— The Other Side of Sorrow (Poetry Society of New Hampshire 2006)

—Java Monkey Speaks (Poetry Atlanta Press, 2006)

— Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature (Arcade Publishing, April 2005)

— The Other Voices International Anthology (forthcoming 2008)

— The Poetry of Iranian Women: A Contemporary Anthology (Forthcoming 2008)

— Poetry That is Life: Mehregan Festival Anthology of Poetry (Ketab Gooya Publishing, 2005)

— Di-verse-city, The Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology (2005)

— City Dialogues: Life During Wartime (California Arts Council 2004)

— So Luminous the Wildflowers, An Anthology of California Poets (Tebot Bach, 2003)



Work publisehd in journals:

Guernica Magazine;
The Warwick Review (UK)
Mead Magzine;
Sierra Nevada Review;
Grain (Canada); 
Green Hills Literary Lantern; 
Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria);
The Los Angeles Review; 
Mochila Review; 
Sable (London); 
Exiled Ink (London);  
Foreign Policy In Focus,
The Rumpus;
Poetry Daily;
Zocalo Public Square
 Runes, A Review of Poetry; 
Orbis (England); 
ART / LIFE (three issues);
Pearl Magazine (two issues);
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA);
The Chaffin Journal; 
ONTHEBUS;
Houston Poetry Fest Anthology 2003;
MAIZE (The Writers Center of Indiana);
Poetry of Iranian Women;  
Green Hills Literary Lantern;
The Other Voices International;  
Women's Review of Books; 
Two Lines--World Writing in Translation;
Spillway;
Atlanta Review;
Spiral Bridge;
Words without Borders; 
Beacons; 
Circumference (2004 and 2005); 
Mamaphonic;  
Muse Apprentice Guild (MAG);  
Iranian.com; 
Revista Respiro;
Levantine Cultural Center;  
When It Rains from the Ground Up; 
Persian Mirror; 
The Persian Book Review;  
The Daily Star—Lebenan; 
Ash Canyon Review; 
Tribe; 
Levantine Review;
Poemeleon; 
The November 3rd Club; 
r.kv.r.y Quarterly Journal; 
Faultline;  
Washington Square;  
San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly,
Tupelo Press Poetry Project; 
ArteEast;  
Sentinel Literary Quarterly;
Mahmag.org;
Voices;
Association of Iranian American Writers;
The Kokanee;
Two Review;

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