The Atlanta Review's Iran issueHot off the press, the Spring/Summer issue of the Atlanta Review is devoted to new poetry from post-revolution Iran and its diaspora, and is edited by the Levantine Review's poetry editor, Sholeh Wolpé. We present here a preview with three select poems from this wide-ranging collection. Order your print copy of the  Atlanta Review's special Iran issue.

Persis Karim

In Praise of Big Noses

I am the only one of four sisters
who hasn't gone under the knife.
http://www.atlantareview.com/page50.htmlI resisted the pleas of my aunt and sisters
to become "more beautiful," "more you."
I've kept my stately proboscis
in-tact-choosing not to excise its grandeur.