UPcoming EVENTS
“Community Iftar reading” / Thursday, April 4, 2024 @7pm ET
Avenue C Plaza | Brooklyn, NY
Arts & Democracy’s annual Community Iftar & Reading brings together neighbors (both Muslim and non-Muslim) to break fast together and to hear the work of Muslim women identifying artists.
“Inheritances: Three Poets on Transmission & Transformation” / TUESDAY, April 4, 2024 @7pm ET
Virtual / ZOOM
Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA hosts an evening of poetry with Ashia Ajani, Sebastian. Merrill, and Sahar Muradi. Free though registration is recommended.
“Writers for Palestine: Fundraising against censorship” / Saturday, April 13, 2024 @6-8PM ET
The People’s Forum | NY, NY
Literary fundraiser for pro-Palestinian activism, featuring journalists, poets, and writers, supporting the mission of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. All the funds raised will go directly to PCRF.
“Sahar Muradi & Aria Aber” / Thursday, MAy 16, 2024 @9pm ET
Virtual / ZOOM
Pt. Reyes Books hosts Sahar Muradi and Aria Aber for an evening of reading and conversation to celebrate the publication of OCTOBERS, winner of the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
“Pittsburgh international jazz Poetry Festival” / TUESDAY, MAy 21, 2024 @7pm ET
PAST EVENTS
Sunday, October 1 @3pm
Brooklyn Book Festival | Brooklyn, NY
“Inventing Home: Poets on the Diaspora” with Oliver de la Paz and Marilyn Chin, moderated by Hafizah Augustus Geter
Wednesday, October 11 @7pm
Bowery Poetry Club | New York, NY
OCTOBERS Book Launch with Arden Levine, Aurora Masum-Javed, Sahar Romani, & Jenny Xie
Tuesday, October 24 @3pm
Montez Press Radio | New York, NY
Conversation with Tracy Fuad hosted by Stacy Skolnik
Friday, november 10 @7pm
Cozmos | NY, NY
Pocket Samovar Journal Issue 3 Launch Party Reading with Konstantin Kulakov, Genya Turovskaya, and friends
Monday, November 13 @1pm
Brooklyn College | Brooklyn, NY
Guest Visit, “Advanced Poetry” with Julie Agoos
Saturday, November 18 @12:30pm
Miami Book Fair | Miami, FL
Microcosms of History: A Reading & Conversation with Four Debut Poets
Wednesday, November 29 @3:30pm
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Guest Visit, “Writing Muslims” with Dr. Shawkat Toorawa
Wednesday, November 29, 7pm
Yale University | New Haven, CT
Writing Muslims Speaker Series (public reading)
Sunday, December 3, 12:30pm
Three’s Brewing | Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn College Alumni Reading
Wednesday, December 6, 1pm
CUNY Macaulay Honors College | New York, NY & Virtual
Central Asia Futures Conference: “Afghan Diaspora Poetry” with Aria Aber, Hajar Hussaini, Sahar Muradi, & Mina Zohal
Thursday, February 8, 2024
2024 AWP Conference | Kansas City, MO
3:00-4:00pm, Booth #1330, Kansas City Convention Center
Kundiman - Book Signing
Friday, February 9, 2024
2024 AWP Conference | Kansas City, MO
11:30am-12pm, Booths #1534 & #1536, Kansas City Convention Center
University of Pittsburgh Press - Author Signing
3:20-4:35pm, Room 2101, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level
“Transforming the Imagination: Asian American Poets Redefine Hybrid Poetry” with Tina Chang, Victoria Chang, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Sahar Muradi
4:45-6:15pm, Ballroom D, Level 2, Kansas City Convention Center
AWP Award Series Reading & Celebration with Sahar Muradi, Donald Hall Prize for Poetry; Jessica Hendry Nelson, Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction; Parul Kapur for AWP Prize for the Novel; E.P. Tuazon, Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
SaTURDAY, February 10, 2024
2024 AWP Conference | Kansas City, MO
1:45-3:00pm, Room 2102B, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level
“Liminal Silences: (Un)Writing The First Poetry Collection” with Leslie Sainz, Xiao Yue Shan, Sahar Muradi, Alisha Dietzman
SaTURDAY, February 10, 2024 @5pm
Turnsol Books | Kansas City, MO
“To Say is to See: 4 Years of AWP Donald Hall Prize Poets” with Tracy May Fuad, Paul Hlava Ceballos, Sahar Muradi, & Joy Priest
THURSDay, February 15, 2024 @6pm
Hana House | 345 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY
“Lunar New Year Celebration with Hachette & Kundiman” - featuring Kat Chow, Subhashini Kaligotla, Matthew Salesses, Janine Joseph, Curtis Chin, and Sahar Muradi
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 @6pm
Yu & Me Books | New York, NY
Book Launch & Reading with Ae Hee Lee & Sahar Muradi
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 @6pm
City Lore Gallery | New York, NY
Debut Poets Reading with Ashia Ajani (author of Heirloom), Caitlin Cowan (author of Happy Everything), Sebastian Merrill (author of GHOST :: SEEDS) & Sahar Muradi (author of OCTOBERS)