Sholeh Wolp茅 (Author of Rooftops of Tehran)

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Sholeh Wolp茅

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Sholeh Wolp茅 is an Iranian-born poet, playwright and literary translator.

Sholeh's literary work includes five collections of poetry, several plays, three books of translations, and three anthologies. Her most recent book, Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse (Univ. of Arkansas Press, March 2022) is hailed by National Book Award finalist Ilya Kaminsky as a book 鈥渢hat created its own genre鈥攁 thrill of lyric combined with the narrative spell.鈥�

Her translations of 12th century Sufi mystic poet, Attar, The Conference of the Birds (W.W. Norton & Co), and 20th century Iranian rebel poet Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad (Univ. of Arkansas Press) have garnered awards and established Wolp茅 as a celebrated literary t ...more

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	The Conference of the Birds by Attar of Nishapur, Sholeh Wolp茅 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translation) 4.23 avg rating — 7,589 ratings — published 1177 — 296 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad by Forugh Farrokhzad (poet), Sholeh Wolp茅 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator), Alicia Suskin Ostriker (Foreword) 4.45 avg rating — 528 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Read a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem "Introduction to Poetry": (Field Guide Series) by Tania Runyan (欧宝娱乐 Author), Barbara Crooker (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor), Maureen E. Doallas (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rooftops of Tehran 4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse 4.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping Time with Blue Hyacinths: Poems by Sholeh Wolp茅 (欧宝娱乐 Author), Sholeh Wolp 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its Exiles 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scar Saloon 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking the Jaws of Silence: Sixty American Poets Speak to the World 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	C贸mo escribir una canci贸n de amor by Sholeh Wolp茅 (欧宝娱乐 Author), Mariano Zaro (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Abacus of Loss A Memoir in Verse by Sholeh Wolp茅

At 13 I left my home in Tehran to live with my aunt and grandmother in Trinidad. For me, that was the beginning of a journey that repeatedly reaffirmed the idea that we are not the sum of our parts. By that I mean if you are taken apart, piece by piece, belief by belief, home by home, you can never put yourself back together and say: Now, I am done. The doing and undoing is simultaneous, neve Read more of this blog post »

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