Reviews
Finalist and Runner-Up for 2014 Best Translated Book Award "Ali is clearly struck by the relevance of Sepehri's poetry to the current political climate in Iran, in particular the ways in which younger Iranians creatively reuse Sepehri's personal lyrics in political contexts." - The American Poetry Review "As a whole, Sohrab Sepehri's The Oasis of Now is a volume celebrating the joys and sorrows of a poet as he journeys through life. Sepehri's poems are wise and elegant and mysterious as they teach us that solitude is often the mother of breathtaking beauty." - The Journal "I felt the need to slow down after reading these pieces, so much so that I just wanted to walk around my apartment, look at things, without expectations, certain that if I waited long enough something beautiful would emerge out of its ordinariness. And what if we looked at the objects or emotions we find mundane, or cheesy, or over sentimental, or pastiche; what could we learn from them? What would we see? That's the question Sepehri's poetry taught me." - Three Percent "Pulsing with life, Sepehri's poetry mourns and rejoices, celebrating the complex nature of the world and humanity's place within it." World Literature Today, Finalist and Runner-Up for 2014 Best Translated Book Award Ali is clearly struck by the relevance of Sepehri's poetry to the current political climate in Iran, in particular the ways in which younger Iranians creatively reuse Sepehri's personal lyrics in political contexts." - The American Poetry Review As a whole, Sohrab Sepehri's The Oasis of Now is a volume celebrating the joys and sorrows of a poet as he journeys through life. Sepehri's poems are wise and elegant and mysterious as they teach us that solitude is often the mother of breathtaking beauty." - The Journal, Finalist and Runner-Up for 2014 Best Translated Book Award Ali is clearly struck by the relevance of Sepehri's poetry to the current political climate in Iran, in particular the ways in which younger Iranians creatively reuse Sepehri's personal lyrics in political contexts." - The American Poetry Review As a whole, Sohrab Sepehri's The Oasis of Now is a volume celebrating the joys and sorrows of a poet as he journeys through life. Sepehri's poems are wise and elegant and mysterious as they teach us that solitude is often the mother of breathtaking beauty." - The Journal "I felt the need to slow down after reading these pieces, so much so that I just wanted to walk around my apartment, look at things, without expectations, certain that if I waited long enough something beautiful would emerge out of its ordinariness. And what if we looked at the objects or emotions we find mundane, or cheesy, or over sentimental, or pastiche; what could we learn from them? What would we see? That's the question Sepehri's poetry taught me." - Three Percent "Pulsing with life, Sepehri's poetry mourns and rejoices, celebrating the complex nature of the world and humanity's place within it." World Literature Today, Ali is clearly struck by the relevance of Sepehri's poetry to the current political climate in Iran, in particular the ways in which younger Iranians creatively reuse Sepehri's personal lyrics in political contexts." - The American Poetry Review, Finalist and Runner-Up for 2014 Best Translated Book Award "Ali is clearly struck by the relevance of Sepehri's poetry to the current political climate in Iran, in particular the ways in which younger Iranians creatively reuse Sepehri's personal lyrics in political contexts." - The American Poetry Review "As a whole, Sohrab Sepehri's The Oasis of Now is a volume celebrating the joys and sorrows of a poet as he journeys through life. Sepehri's poems are wise and elegant and mysterious as they teach us that solitude is often the mother of breathtaking beauty." -The Journal "I felt the need to slow down after reading these pieces, so much so that I just wanted to walk around my apartment, look at things, without expectations, certain that if I waited long enough something beautiful would emerge out of its ordinariness. And what if we looked at the objects or emotions we find mundane, or cheesy, or over sentimental, or pastiche; what could we learn from them? What would we see? That's the question Sepehri's poetry taught me." -Three Percent "Pulsing with life, Sepehri's poetry mourns and rejoices, celebrating the complex nature of the world and humanity's place within it." World Literature Today
