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November 5, 2026 - 12:00 PM
The Afterlives of a Poem: Shamlou in Translation, Opera, and Beyond
Public reading and Conversation
Princeton University, NJ

November 3, 2026 - 6:30 PM
Class Visit - Prof. Ammiel Alcalay’s Translation Course
Queens College, NYC

November 2, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Memento and Memory: Bringing Ahmad Shamlou into English
Public reading and Conversation
Yale University, CT
And class visit - Prof. Sam Hodgkin’s Translation Course

October 27, 2026 - 5:00 PM
The Crimson Pen Name of Dawn: Translating Ahmad Shamlou
Public reading and Conversation
Boston University, MA
And class visit to Persian Language course

May 7, 2026 - 7:00 pm
Book talk with Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. (virtual event) 
Elegies of the Earth and Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
Brookline Booksmith Transnational Literature Series

April 11, 2026 - 3:00-4:00 pm
SWANA event
SF Public Library
1298 Ocean Ave., SF, CA 94102

March 13, 20, 27, 2026 - 6:00-8:00 pm EST
”CraftingMicro Memoirs” online course (JUST ADDED)
Poets & Writers

March 10, 2026 - 7:00 pm
On Persian Poetry and the Art of Translation
Black Mountain Institute, BMI Live Series
In conversation with Maryam Ala Amjadi
UNLV Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL) Room 101
4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154

February 25, 2026 - 4:00 pm
Elegies of the Earth book talk
UC Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Room # 340 at Stephens Hall 

February 22, 2026 - 2:00-3:00 pm
"Steal This Line" writing workshop
SF Public Library
100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

February 12, 2026 - 7:00 pm
Elegies of the Earth book event w/ Diana Arterian Smoke Drifts
Poetic Research Bureau
2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057

February 3, 10, 17, 2026 - 6:00-8:00 pm EST
”CraftingMicro Memoirs” online course (SOLD OUT)
Poets & Writers

December 10, 2025 - 6:00 pm
Shamlou Centennial Book Launch
Von Bar NYC
3 Bleecker Street at Bowery, New York, NY 10012

December 7, 2025 - 8:00 pm
Evening of Persian Poetry
DADA Bar NYC
60-47 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood, NYC

November 25, 2025 - 6:30-7:30 pm
”Root and Remix — Writing from Culture, Memory, and Imagination” class
SF Public Library, Noe Valley Branch

November 20, 2026 - 7:00 pm
Persian Poetry in Translation and Exile
In collaboration between 836M and the Center for the Art of Translation/Two Lines Press
Reading with Diana Arterian, Fatemeh Shams, Armen Davoudian
836 Montgomery, San Francisco, CA

November 19, 2025 - 4:00-5:30 pm
”Root and Remix — Writing from Culture, Memory, and Imagination” class
SF Public Library, Main

November 15, 2025 - 7:00 pm
Elliott Bay Books
Seattle, WA

November 13, 2025 - 7:00 pm
Third Place Books, Ravenna
Seattle, WA

November 7, 2025 - 8:00 pm
La Suprema
Tucson, AZ

October 23, 2025 - 6:00 pm
Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou’s Enduring Voice
Elegies of the Earth Book launch
In conversation with Matthew Zapruder
Presented by Litquake, hosted by the SF Public Library
SF Public Library, Main