EPISODE · Dec 10, 2025 · 1H 13M
Persian & American Literature & Poetry | Interview with Professor Roger Sedarat
from Immortal Echoes, Mortal Words · host Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi In this episode, I interview Professor Roger Sedarat on "Persian and American literature & poetry." He is a creative writer and poet, teaching at the English Department, Queens College, City University of New York. The following are the central questions and topics addressed: 1. The influence of Persian poetry on the American verse. 2. The influence of literature/poetry on academic and public domains. 3. Poetry's role in carrying over meaning/culture through performance rituals. 4. Professor Sedarat's own poetry and academic works Professor Sedarat is the author of four poetry books, including Haji as Puppet: An Orientalist Burlesque, (Word Works. 2017). Winner of 2016 Tenth Gate Prize for Mid-Career Poets, Foot Faults: Tennis Poems (David Robert Books, 2016), Ghazal Games (Ohio UP, 2011). Also an Iranian-American scholar and translator, his most recent academic book is Emerson in Iran: the American Appropriation of Persian Poetry (SUNY Press, 2019). Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST Read my recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani #literature #poetry #poem #persianpoetry #americanpoetry #emerson #rumi #hafez #comparative_poetry #comparative_literature
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Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi In this episode, I interview Professor Roger Sedarat on "Persian and American literature & poetry." He is a creative writer and poet, teaching at the English Department, Queens College, City University of New York. The following are the central questions and topics addressed: 1. The influence of Persian poetry on the American verse. 2. The influence of literature/poetry on academic and public domains. 3. Poetry's role in carrying over meaning/culture through performance rituals. 4. Professor Sedarat's own poetry and academic works Professor Sedarat is the author of four poetry books, including Haji as Puppet: An Orientalist Burlesque, (Word Works. 2017). Winner of 2016 Tenth Gate Prize for Mid-Career Poets, Foot Faults: Tennis Poems (David Robert Books, 2016), Ghazal Games (Ohio UP, 2011). Also an Iranian-American scholar and translator, his most recent academic book is Emerson in Iran: the American Appropriation of Persian Poetry (SUNY Press, 2019). Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST Read my recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani #literature #poetry #poem #persianpoetry #americanpoetry #emerson #rumi #hafez #comparative_poetry #comparative_literature
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