99 Names of Exile
Winner of Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, selected by Cynthia Cruz. Published in 2019.
Elementary English
Winner of the Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize. Published in 2020.
Poems
“Invention of I”
Pushcart Prize nomination
Best American Poetry 2020
Copper Nickel
“Writing Persian”
Pushcart Prize nomination
Shenandoah
“Homecoming”
Best New Poets 2020
Shenandoah
“Alarm”
Poetry Daily
Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora
Sou'wester
“Blood”
Without a Doubt: poems illuminating faith
Shenandoah
“Assassin”
Pushcart Prize nomination
Poetry Northwest
“Invention of Silence”
Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora
TYPO
“Practice Exercises”
Tupelo Quarterly
“Conversation Practice & Repetition Practice”
The Cincinnati Review
“All night, he thought about the sea.”
Verse Daily
Sou'wester
“Invention of Country”
Beloit Poetry Journal
“How to Build a Bomb”
Virginia Quarterly Review
“Afterword”
Vox Populi
“Memorial Day”
Prize Finalist
Verse Daily
The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its Exiles
Mississippi Review
“Elementary English: Irregular Verbs”
Drunken Boat
Anthologies
The Best American Poetry 2020
Best New Poets 2020
Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora
Without a Doubt: poems illuminating faith
A Poetry Pedagogy for Teachers: Reorienting Classroom Literacy Practices
The Heart of a Stranger: An Anthology of Exile Literature
The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and its Exiles
