Kaveh Akbar

Kaveh Akbar is the author of the novel Martyr! (2024), which was shortlisted for the National Book Award and was named one of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. He also is the author of two poetry collections, Pilgrim Bell (2021) and Calling a Wolf a Wolf (2017). His poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Paris Review, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. He was the founding editor of Divedapper, and since 2020, has served as poetry editor for the Nation. Born in Tehran, Iran, Akbar is the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at the University of Iowa. His work has been translated into over thirty languages.