Song of the Ground Jay: Poems by Iranian Women, 1960–2022
: March 7, 2023
Song of the Ground Jay: Poems by Iranian Women, 1960–2022.[read more>>]
Pearls That Soak My Dress: Elegies for a Child
: July 19, 2021
Jahan Khatun was a fourteenth-century Persian princess who lived through tumultuous political upheavals: her father was murdered when she was a teenager, eleven years later her family’s dynasty was overthrown and all her male relatives were killed, and once her family had lost all their political power she suffered imprisonment and exile.[read more>>]
Another Birth and Other Poems
: March 24, 2010
Forugh Farrokhzad was born in Tehran in 1935 and died in a car crash at the age of 32…Fiercely honest, insightful, and often wonderfully lyrical, her work has earned her a secure place in the thousand-year tradition of illustrious Iranian poets.[read more>>]
When They Broke Down The Door: Poems
The power of poetry to map the human heart has been a hallmark of Persian culture for at least a thousand years, and Fatemeh Shams wields it unforgettably.[read more>>]
Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
“The translations of all three poets are superb, and they open up a new world even for those who know Persian well….Davis has managed, better than anyone else so far, to give a rendering that makes these translations come alive and sing.” W. L.[read more>>]
Vis & Ramin
Vis & Ramin is one of the world’s great love stories. It was the first major Persian romance, written between 1050 and 1055 in rhyming couplets.[read more>>]
