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The Forbidden was just released. Get your copy now.

Watch the musical performance of Her Horses Are Wild and I was Sung into This World

Sholeh's poem The Prince in Guernica Magazine

Interview with Sholeh on Words with Writers

From the Poetry Foundation....about Sholeh Wolpe

A broadside of Sholeh's poem "See Them Coming" was exhibited at Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Read Sholeh's article: Iran: Poetry Can't Be Arrested

Listen to KUSP's Poetry Show

Listen to Now For Neda, Sholeh's poem in her voice from music CD by Brook J. Rees and Jimi Polar, Australia

Listen to Sholeh's translations of three modern Iranian poets

Listen to Sholeh and Reza Aslan on NPR

Follow Sholeh's new blogspot

Listen to Tablet & Pen anthology presentation at LA's Aloud series

Sholeh is awarded the Lois Roth Prize...Read text or watch video

Read Sholeh's new translation of a Farrokhzad poem on WWB

Watch Music Video I Am Neda

Sholeh Wolpe at the Hammer Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

"Rooftops of Tehran is that truly rare event: an important book of poetry."
—Richard Katrovas


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Lois Roth Persian Translation Awar
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"Sholeh Wolpe's translations, meeting the rigor and esthetic of her compatriot, flow and carry us into rare catharsis. They resurrect Forugh."
— Willis Barnstone

 

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photo: Ken Pivak 2011
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