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Roger Sedarat is an Iranian-American poet. He is the author of two poetry collections: Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic, which won Ohio UP's Hollis Summers' Open Book Competition [1], and Ghazal Games (Ohio University Press). In his poetry, he frequently crosses the post-modern American tradition with the classical Persian tradition, reproducing his hybrid identity in his verse. His poetry and literary translations have appeared in such journals as New England Review, Drunken Boat, Atlanta Review, and World Literature Today. He is also the author of, Pupils of the Gorgeous Wheel: A Lacanian View of Landscape in Modern New England Poetry (Cambria). Under the name of "Haji," Roger writes and performs political poetry that challenges oppressive regimes as well as the construct of "Poetry" in the 21st century.
He was born in Normal, Illinois [2] to an Iranian father and American mother, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. After attending the University of Texas at Austin, he completed an MA in English/Creative Writing at Queens College, City University of New York, and a PhD in English at Tufts University. He currently teaches poetry and literary translation in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College, City University of New York.
