Kaveh Akbar
Kaveh Akbar is an Iranian-born poet and author living in Iowa.
His poems have been published in prestigious literary magazines, including The New Yorker and Poetry.
Akbar has received notable awards, such as the 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award.
He founded and edits Divedapper, a platform for contemporary poetry dialogues.
Akbar's first full-length poetry collection, "Calling a Wolf a Wolf," was published in 2017.
He has taught as a visiting professor at Purdue University and continues to be an influential voice in contemporary poetry, known for his exploration of themes like addiction, identity, and spirituality.
