BABEL-2026/2027 Season, 2-Kaveh Akbar
Databases
Gale Academic OneFile
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Websites
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Chicago Humanities
A YouTube video of Kaveh Akbar with moderator John Green featuring Akbar giving a reading from his book 'Martyr!' followed by a discussion of the book led by John Green, from January 2025.
NPR
A book review of Kaveh Akbar's novel Martyr!, discussing elements and themes of the book, from January 2024.
NPR
Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar reflects on art amid war, from June 2025.
Poetry Foundation
This page provides some of the author's accomplishments and his works, from June 2026.
Politics and Prose Bookstore
Kaveh Akbar's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. Akbar is joined in conversation with Clint Smith, a staff writer at The Atlantic, from January 2024.
The Stacks
The Stacks podcast episode 303: The Culmination of My Psycho-Spiritual Self with Kaveh Akbar, a discussion about Kaveh Akbar's book 'Martyr!,' from January 2024.
Community and Local Links
Just Buffalo Literacy Center
The premier center for the literary arts in the Buffalo/Niagara region, Just Buffalo promotes community-based literary events throughout the year.
Library Materials
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