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In this episode of Tightwires with host Hiba Tahir, poet Saba Keramati talks about the submission process and publication of her debut collection, Self-Mythology (University of Arkansas Press, 2024), and offers advice on giving and receiving feedback, and a writing prompt. Keramati is featured in Literary MagNet in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Saba Keramati | Tightwires | Hiba Tahir | podcast | Self-Mythology | University of Arkansas Press | Literary MagNet | May/June 2024 -
Introduced by Timothy Donnelly, Tracie Morris, Sophie Herron, and Ricardo Maldonado, the winners of 92NY’s 2023 Discovery Poetry Contest—Lucas Jorgensen, Saba Keramati, Jenna Lanzaro, and JJ Peña—read selected poems for this celebratory reading. “I open my mouth. Instead of a scream, a hundred / jasmine petals take wing,” reads Keramati from her poem “The Dream.”
Tags: Poetry | 92NY Discovery Poetry Contest | 92NY | Lucas Jorgensen | Saba Keramati | Jenna Lanzaro | JJ Peña | contest | reading | 2023