HAIRAN Xu Huaizhong

HAIRAN Xu HuaizhongHAIRAN is a new anthology of poetry by Iranian women, compiled in the face of violent attacks on life and liberty that began with the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran in September 2022. Amini was arrested and killed in police custody for not covering enough of her hair in public. ? Here are 75 poems from a diverse cross section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by hair portraits taken by the poets. ? Alongside Sobati and Sarhandi Williams,

renowned for its unique vision and prophetic themes

The poem catches the sound of it

be redirected and forge new connections across an indeterminate matrix

when every clock seems to tell a different time

friendship

which developed the voices of twelve brand new short story writers based in the region

we begin to see that whatever happens in old age

embalmed in bed/ In sulphurous miasmata

each one of us can make a difference

the book is written in forms typical to the region including the qasida and ghazal

incantatory blend of street argot and Quranic-inspired language

including the poetry of Akhmatova