[In] [Rough] [Ashlar]: Four Modern Persian Poets Worked Into English

By Benjamin Bentele

I have gone to the quarry of words, to build these poems a home. A home In Rough Ashlar for four modern Persian Poets. Dual language translations from Sohrab Sepehri, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, Ahmad Shamlou, & Tahirih which breathe & speak & are meant to be spoken. For there is a fad in America. For men to make money off of Persian Poetry, without the language in their hearts. & Without its speech on their lips. To say it straight - the "translators" of the best selling books on Rumi & Hafez's poetry Do Not Know Farsi. I do. & so, I hope this book listens to a culture in moonlight. I hope this book speaks for a sanctioned nation. & I hope this book breathes in both English and Persian. --BB

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1795378379
• ISBN13: 9781795378376
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"