Kaveh Akbar
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Kaveh Akbar is the author of the novel Martyr! and two books of poetry, Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf. He is also the author of a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, and editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine and, with Paige Lewis, co-editor of Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance. Born in Tehran, Iran, Kaveh teaches at the University of Iowa. His writing appears in the New Yorker, PBS NewsHour, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. Since 2020, Kaveh has served as poetry editor for The Nation.
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    • Martyr!

    • A Novel
    • Written by: Kaveh Akbar
    • Narrated by: Arian Moayed
    • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 2024-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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