Name: Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou’s Enduring Voice
Start: 2025-10-23T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-23T19:15:00-07:00
Location: SFPL Main Branch, Saroyan Gallery

$Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou\u2019s Enduring Voice$

Author and award-winning translator Niloufar Talebi on a groundbreaking bilingual edition that marks the towering Iranian poet's centennial
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Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library

Part of Words Around the World

Author and award-winning translator Niloufar Talebi, in conversation with renowned poet and publisher Matthew Zapruder, discusses Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poems by Ahmad Shamlou, a groundbreaking bilingual edition that marks the towering Iranian poet's centennial and introduces him to new audiences. Talebi and Zapruder explore Shamlou’s lyrical resistance, his place in world poetry, and the urgent relevance of his work to the task of reclaiming our shared humanity. What can poetry do in times of crisis? Why poetry, now more than ever? FREE, $10-15 suggested donation

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