Blackbird ArchiveNegar Emrani
A contributor page introducing poet Negar Emrani, an Iranian-born writer whose poems appear here in translation by Kaveh Akbar.
The Farsi-language original of "Exhaust," a short poem giving voice to longing rendered into English elsewhere in the issue.
PoetryExhaustA short poem translated from Farsi finds the shape of love and voice in landscape and the exhaust of passing cars.
PoetryNegar EmraniA contributor page introducing poet Negar Emrani, an Iranian-born writer whose poems appear here in translation by Kaveh Akbar.
PoetryKaveh AkbarA contributor page introducing poet and translator Kaveh Akbar, who translated Negar Emrani's poems for this issue.
PoetryThe Mirror Never LiesThe Farsi original of "A Mirror Never Lies," a poem imagining crows pouring from the speaker's hair before dawn.
PoetryA Mirror Never LiesA translated poem imagines a sleepless night in which crows spill from the speaker's hair and the gallows offer a strange comfort.