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Kaveh Akbar in The Nation
Monday, March 31, 2025

Kaveh Akbar profiled in Iowa Now
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kaveh Akbar, associate professor and director of the English and Creative Writing major at the University of Iowa, first drew acclaim for his poetry.