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SFPL: Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou’s Enduring Voice

October 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Event flyer for "LITQUAKE: Poetry as Resistance" featuring portraits of Niloufar Talebi and Matthew Zapruder, event details, and illustrations of a guitar and a reclining lion.

Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library

Part of Words Around the World

Author and award-winning translator Niloufar Talebi, in conversation with renowned poet and publisher Matthew Zapruder, discusses Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poems by Ahmad Shamlou, a groundbreaking bilingual edition that marks the towering Iranian poet’s centennial and introduces him to new audiences. Talebi and Zapruder explore Shamlou’s lyrical resistance, his place in world poetry, and the urgent relevance of his work to the task of reclaiming our shared humanity. What can poetry do in times of crisis? Why poetry, now more than ever? FREE, $10-15 suggested donation

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  • Date: October 23, 2025
  • Time:
    6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

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