Published by A.E. Sadeghipour
"When I was a little girl, a spirit followed me to Las Vegas.
Running alongside the moving truck,
it's legs twisting into wings, it howled,
'Write damn you!'"
Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour is an Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk and poet. She is the Vice President of the Women* Writing Berlin Lab (WWBL) and teaches workshops for GLADT and Feminist film organizations. She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in: The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), and much more. She has had the honor of performing for GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers: www.awerfjil.com. @awerfjil #awerfjil
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GOT PUBLISHED!!! I am a citizen of 1 of 7 (now 6) countries who have been banned. I have three poems featured in this anthology representing my country of Iran. The anthology is available for purchase on Amazon. Only $9!!! All proceeds go to the American Civil Liberties Union. #poem #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #writing #writer #writers #writersofinstagram #published #publishedpoet #arroyosecopress #seven #sevencountries #sevenbanned #iran #persian #persianpride
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