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Poet Bio: Leila Farjami, a poet, psychotherapist, and literary translator is the author of seven poetry books in Persian. Her work has been widely published in literary journals and translated into English, French, Swedish, German, Arabic, and Turkish. As an immigrant who has lived mainly in US since an early age, Leila's poems capture her experiences in the diaspora in addition to the history of her formative years in Iran as a child witnessing war and daily violence. Leila's current and upcoming projects include collaboration with visual artists, publication her translated texts and poems in English, and the publication of a comprehensive volume of Sylvia Plath's poetry in Persian. Born in Tehran (1972), and now based in Los Angeles, Leila holds a master's degree in clinical psychology and runs a private practice in psychotherapy with specialization in treatment of complex trauma.

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