Poupeh Missaghi

Writer, educator, a translator both into and out of Persian, and an editor, poupeh missaghi is joining the English Department at the University of Denver as an assistant professor in the fall of 2022. Her first novel, trans(re)lating house one, was published in 2020 by Coffee House Press and reviewed in the Summer 2020 issue of WLT. Her conversation with Yanara Friedland also appeared on the WLT blog. Her translation of Nasim Marashi’s award-winning novel I’ll Be Strong for You was published in 2021 by Astra House.

On a Road of Grief: A Review of Hit the Road, by Panah Panahi

June 13, 2022 | Poupeh Missaghi

Rayan Sarlak in the role of Little Brother from the film Hit the Road (2021) Editorial note: The following review includes spoilers. Hit the Road (2021), Panah Panah...
trans(re)lating house one by Poupeh Missaghi

Summer 2020
Poupeh Missaghi

Minneapolis. Coffee House Press. 2020. 296 pages. POUPEH MISSAGHI'S DEBUT, trans(re)lating house one, is a hybrid novel set in the aftermath of Iran’s 2009...
Cities

Spring 2020
Poupeh Missaghi

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN drawn to narratives of cities, both as a reader and as a writer. In the early stages of my writing life, I loved reading depictions of Paris by writers such as Stein,...