Roger Sedarat

Sedarat is a very promising up-and-coming poet who focuses on his Iranian heritage, utilizing a mix of traditional and modern models in his poetry that makes his poetry incredibly unique and innovative (popular culture juxtaposed with ancient tradition, western paired with eastern sensibility, etc.)" (http://apragmaticpolicy.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/rigoberto-gonzalez-interviews-roger-sedarat/).

A writer and Professor of English Literature, Creative Writing, and Translation, Roger Sedarat is the author of "Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic" (http://sedarat.com/home.html).

He has a B.A. in Sociology (UT-Austin), MA in English/Creative Writing (Queens College), Ph.D. in English (Tufts University). Sedarat is currently an assistant professor at Queens College teaching Poetry and Translation in their MFA program (http://sedarat.com/home.html).

He has received several scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference as well as a St. Botolph Society grant-in-aid. His verse has appeared in such journals as "New England Review", "Atlanta Review", and "Poet Lore" (http://www.ohioswallow.com/author/Roger_Sedarat). His poetry manuscript won the 2007 Ohio University Hollis Summers Poetry Prize (http://sedarat.com/home.html).

Refence Materials:

"Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic"

http://sedarat.com/home.html

http://www.ohioswallow.com/author/Roger_Sedarat

http://apragmaticpolicy.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/rigoberto-gonzalez-interviews-roger-sedarat/