It is Ayatollah Khomeini’s early days. Marina Nemat is only 16 when they arrest her, after leading a strike in high school. Sent to prison, she is tortured, and sentenced to death. The sentence is then changed for life imprisonment. The payment is to marry her interrogator, lose her catholic…
Tag: on writing
On writing a poem
You: How do you write a poem without knowing what to say? I start by attempting that impossible silence in my head while your question bounces with varying emphasis filling in that luxurious void so hard to come by The bounces start changing frequency sometimes they go into resonance …