Michelle Quay is a lecturer in Persian at Brown University, focusing on translating both modern Persian fiction and medieval Persian texts. Her literary translation work has appeared in such publications as Words Without Borders, Asymptote Journal, and World Literature Today, among others. She recently won the inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature to translate Reza Ghassemi’s 1996 prize-winning novel, Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime; her translation is forthcoming from Deep Vellum in 2025.
Forough Farrokhzad Folio
Summer 2025
from From Nima On: A Selection of Contemporary Iranian Poetry
1. In my blank verse poems, I conceive of meter and rhyme differently. When I lengthen or shorten various lines, it’s not based on whim or fancy. Even in the […]