Where is anis mojgani from

I can only give my self to another self and be fine with this. I do not know if I know how to do that anymore. Being fine with this. How does one work with sorrow while not eventually working for it? Does Hermes work with death or for death? All the people I see are deers. I keep my distance. Wait for them to pass, or to become people again. As I have learned more how to hold my heart again and whisper into it and once more listen.

More info is on his site. Also, if you want to hear Mojgani talk more about the history of slam poetry, as well as hear performances by the best young slam poets Portland has to offer, check out the recent Verselandia episode from the Literary Arts "Archive Project.

So this process of trying to get a whole novel out before I shape and tweak it is kind of like pulling out and unraveling my intestines for years as opposed to just like, "Oh, I just had to do that for an hour and now I get to fuck around with it. I feel like I would be a terrible novelist for exactly the reasons you just mentioned. What are you working on right now? I sort of treated the month like a little residency. I have the shapes of poems. The poems that seem like they are going to be the load-bearing tone-setters are appearing to me.

Yeah, I live in Tallahassee. Well done. Interview Posted: June 5, Anis' Personal Website Link. Anis at Write Bloody Publishing Link. Video page at Button Poetry Link. Anis Mojgani on Twitter Link. KA: Do you have any questions for me before we get rolling? Drag left. Mark Nowak. Victoria Chang. Tiana Clark. Chase Berggrun. Airea Dee Matthews. Layli Long Soldier. Morgan Parker. Adrian Matejka. Oliver Baez Bendorf.

Nick Flynn. Anis Mojgani. Monica Youn. Jos Charles. Donika Kelly. Carolina Ebeid. Roger Reeves. Dana Levin.

Jericho Brown. Cynthia Cruz. Vijay Seshadri. Kazim Ali. Gretchen Marquette. Philip Metres. Camille Rankine. Max Ritvo. Solmaz Sharif. Diane Seuss. Ocean Vuong. Wendy Xu. Fanny Howe. Phillip B. Jane Hirshfield. Richie Hofmann.

Elizabeth Alexander. Nate Marshall. Kathleen Ossip. Dale Young. Sharon Olds. All of us have the power and the permission to do such. Q: The poet laureate is expected to engage with people throughout the state. Any opportunity to go to the coast, I love Astoria.

Why do you emphasize performance? The writing of poetry and allowing it to be read by someone in a book or on a page, that answers something for me. Saying it aloud and giving it to people with my voice and my body answers something else for me. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

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