A brief biography of the great modern Iranian Poet Sohrab Sepehri, and some of my own translations of his work.
Fereydoon Moshiri: A Delicate Soul
Sunday October 24 was the sad anniversary of a loss: the day the flame of one of the brightest figures of contemporary Persian literature was...
The Cretan Glance
This was somethign that i sent to a bunch of friends in email some time ago, but has stayed with me. It is part of the Introduction to [1] Nikos Kazantzakis‘s [2] The...
Via Negative and Via Affirmativa
Via affirmativa, and via negativa, the way of affirmation, and the way of negation, two paths to the Truth, to enlightenment, to god …
Kateebeh – Inscription
The poem “Inscription (Kateebeh)” by the Iranian poet Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, in English.