Other Publications

Journals (writing)

Creative Prose

• “Desert Beings,” short story. Denver Quarterly. Vol. 55, No 3, Spring 2021. Print.

• “the year that started before a year should start and continues beyond when a year should end.” Dia: Art Foundation Website. Spring 2021. Online.  

• “A Persian New Year Beginning with COVID-19.” Words Without Borders. June 2020 Issue. Online. 

• “The Political and Narrative War for the Iranian Dead.” LitHub. March 12, 2020. Online. 

Essays

• “A Final Note, #WomanLifeFreedom, A Series on the Revolutionary Uprising in Iran.” Words Without Borders. September 2023. Online  

• “Introduction to #WomanLifeFreedom, a Series on the Revolutionary Uprising in Iran.” Words Without Borders. November 2022. Online. 

• “On a Road of Grief: A Review of Hit the Road, by Panah Panahi.” World Literature Today. June 13, 2022. Online. 

• “Narrating State Violence in Chile and Iran; for Raúl Zurita, with Gratitude.” Asymptote. October 21, 2020. Online.

• Contribution to: “A Special Forum: Feminist Poetics of the Archive — Curated and Introduced by Karla Kelsey.” Tupelo Quarterly, Issue 21. Summer 2020. Online. 

Journals (translation)

• Various pieces for #WomanLifeFreedom, a Series on the Revolutionary Uprising in Iran. Words Without Borders. November 2022 – September 2023. Online

• Translation of writings by several queer residents of Tehran. On the Streets of Tehran portfolio. Stranger’s Guide Journal. June 2021. Print. 

• “Some Artists, The Visual Language of Protest in Iran.” Interview with @honarmandaan, Barkhi Honarmandaan [Some Artists]. Asymptote: Winter Issue, 2020. Online

• “The Photographer’s Notes: Maybe One Day You’ll Become Somebody,” Nonfiction by Nasrollah Kasraian, Timber Journal. Issue 10.2. Summer 2020. Online. 

Film Subtitles (translation)

• An Owl, a Garden & the Writer, a film by Sara Dolatabadi. Subtitles. 2020-2023

• Joonam, a Family History, a film by Sierra Urich. Subtitles. 2019-2020

Books (English to Persian translation)

• Paris, France, by Gertrude Stein. Tehran: Goman Publishing House. Winter 2022. Print 

• The Cry of the Sloth, by Sam Savage. Tehran: Markaz Publications. Spring 2020. Print.

• Firmin, by Sam Savage. Tehran: Markaz Publications. 2021. Print. 

• Time was soft there, by Jeremy Mercer. Tehran: Markaz Publications. 2018. Print.

• Monsieur Pain, by Roberto Bolaño. Tehran. Chesmeh Publications. 2017, March. Print.

• Last Evenings on Earth, by Roberto Bolaño. Tehran: Cheshmeh Publications. 2012. Print.