Shab-e She'r in New York
6 - 8 pm / $6 suggested donation / Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery
(Between Houston and Bleecker) F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker.
Wed, December
9th, 6-7:30pm
Featuring Soraya Shalforoosh and Farnoosh Fathi
December's
Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) will celebrate Iranian Women Writers on December 9
from 6-7:30pm. This special evening will feature Farnoosh Fathi and Soraya
Shalforoosh!
Farnoosh Fathi recently received a Fulbright Fellowship to travel to Brazil and
write poems. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Denver Quarterly, Fence
and Boston Review. Her translations of modern Persian poetry have been published
in Circumference.
Soraya Shalforoosh's poems and reviews have appeared in journals such as the
Marlboro Review, Women's Studies Quarterly, Bomb, Barrow Street, Tribes.org,
etc. Soraya Shalforoosh was featured as an Emerging Poet in the Academy of
American Poet's, emerging poet series. She received her MFA in Creative Writing
from the New School.
An open mic will follow the reading, inviting everyone to read either his or her
own poetry or works by other poets, in Persian or English, bearing some
connection to Iran or Iranian/Persian culture.
This performance will be streamed LIVE at
www.bowerypoetry.com!
FALL 2009 PAF POETRY NIGHT DATES
Make sure to add the rest of our dates into your calendar!
Check our blog regularly for the latest
www.persianartsfestival.org/news.
Featured readers are now determined through March 2010!
Wed. Jan. 20 6 - 7:30pm Dalia Sofer
Wed. Feb. 17 6 - 7:30pm Sholeh Wolpe
Sat. March 20 7 - 9:30pm NOROOZ EDITION featuring poetry, music and
more!
Wed. April 28 6 - 7:30pm TBD
Wed. May 19 6 - 7:30pm TBD
Wed. June 16 6 - 7:30pm TBD
ABOUT
PERSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
Persian
Arts Festival, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing the
magnificence and diversity of Persian art and culture through its voices,
artists and visionaries. PAF provides a truly unique opportunity for local and
global communities to gather and explore one of the world's most ancient and
rich civilizations. Persian Arts Festival is a sponsored project of the New York
Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). More information at
www.persianartsfestival.org.
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