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Saba Keramati [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Bio: 

Saba Keramati is a Chinese-Iranian writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing from University of Michigan and UC Davis, where she was a Dean’s Graduate Fellow for Creative Arts. During her MFA, Saba was awarded the Elliot Gilbert Prize and an Honorable Mention in the Celeste Turner Wright Prize sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. She is the current Editorial Fellow at Frontier Poetry.  Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, her work appears or is forthcoming in Michigan Quarterly Review, AGNI, Passages North, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Vagabond City Lit, and other publications.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Lucille Clifton, Mary Oliver, Solmaz Sharif, Leila Chatti, Eduardo Corral, June Jordan, Marilyn Chin, Ada Limón, Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Twitter/X: 
@sabzi_k
Born in: 
CA
California
Prizes won: 

Elliot Gilbert Prize

Education: 
University of California, Davis
Writers Retreats: 
Tin House Summer Workshop
Identifies as: 
Chinese American
Iranian American

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