Kaveh Akbar -- "Martyr!"

Wed Jan 15 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-07:00

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Kaveh Akbar -- "Martyr!"
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Kaveh Akbar will speak about and sign the paperback of his new book, "Martyr!," at Boulder Bookstore.
About this Event

Kaveh Akbar will speak about and sign the paperback of his new book, Martyr!, on Wednesday, January 15th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. He will be in conversation with Boulder Bookstore's Arsen Kashkashian and KGNU's Maeve Conran in a live recording of the Boulder Bookstore and KGNU Radio Book Club.


About the Book:

Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.

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IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION

*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).

*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of Martyr!, or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.

*Please note: our events are held on the second floor. To request a reasonable accommodation or discuss your needs, contact [email protected].


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street, Boulder, United States

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