“Make it as intimate as possible:” Solmaz Sharif at Seattle Arts & Lectures—Poetry Northwest

June 3, 2019

On Monday, June 3, 2019, Solmaz Sharif read at Broadway Performance Hall as part of the Seattle Arts & Lectures Poetry Series. In the Q and A session that followed the reading, Seattle poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha engaged with Sharif in an illuminating conversation that touched on issues such as erasure, state violence, photography, and advice to young writers. What follows is the transcript of their discussion. Read more.