4/25: Poetry reading with Sassan Tabatabai

Tabatabai in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992 for the Christian Science Monitor

The public is invited to this free poetry reading, to begin at 6:30 on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Room 102 of Gasson Hall at Boston College.

Born in Tehran, Iran, Sassan Tabatabai has lived in the United States since 1980. As a poet and scholar of medieval Persian poetry, he is the author of Father of Persian Verse: Rudaki and His Poetry (Leiden University Press, 2010). He teaches humanities and Persian literature at Boston University and Boston College, is Poetry Editor of the literary journal News from the Republic of Letters, and is at present completing a doctorate in editorial studies.

Most recently, Tabatabai is the author of Uzunburun, a collection of poetry and translations published in 2011 by Pen & Anvil Press -- the publishing imprint affiliated with the Boston Poetry Meetup and its parent organization, the Boston Poetry Union.

This event is sponsored by the BC Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages & Literature. RSVP if you wish at Meetup.com.