Sholeh Wolpé is a poet, literary translator and writer. She is the author of Sin—Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press, Sept. 2007), The Scar Saloon (Red Hen Press), and a poetry CD (Refuge Studios). Her poems, translations, essays and reviews have appeared in scores of literary journals, periodicals and anthologies worldwide, and have been translated into several languages.

Sholeh was born in Iran but spent most of her teen years in the Caribbean and Europe, ending up in the U.S. where she pursued Masters degrees in Radio-TV-Film (Northwestern University) and Public Health (Johns Hopkins University). She is the recipient of several awards for her poetry and is the director and host of Poetry at the Loft...and more, a successful cultural arts venue in Redlands, California . She lives in Los Angeles. www.sholehwolpe.com/.

Publications:
Books and Recordings:
Sin -- Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press, Sept. 2007)
The Scar Saloon (Red Hen Press, 2004)
The Scar Saloon CD (Refuge Studios, 2005)
The Painted Sun (Confluence Press, 2002) .

Journals/ Magazines/Newspapers:

Grain (Canada), Green Hills Literary Lantern, Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria), The Los Angeles Review, Spillway, Orbis (England), ART / LIFE (three issues), Pearl Magazine (two issues), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Chaffin Journal, ONTHEBUS, Houston Poetry Fest Anthology 2003, MAIZE (The Writers Center of Indiana), Poetry of Iranian Women, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Mochila Review, Spiral Bridge, Words without Borders, Beacons, Circumference (2004 and 2005), Mamaphonic, Muse Apprentice Guild (MAG), Iranian.com, Revista Respiro, Levantine Cultural Center, When It Rains from the Ground Up, Persian Mirror, The Persian Book Review, The Daily Star--Lebenan, Ash Canyon Review, Tribe , Sable (London) , Exiled Ink (London), Poemeleon, The November 3rd Club, The Other Voices International, Women's Review of Books,
Two Lines --World Writing in Translation, r.kv.r.y Quarterly Journal.

Anthologies:
--Contemporary Poetry of the Eastern World ( Norton, 2007)
-- Evensong: Contemporary Poems of Spirituality (Bottom Dog Press, 2006)
-- The Other Voices International Anthology (Paula Brown Publishing, 2006)
-- Inlandia: A Literary Journey Through California's Inland Empire (Heyday, 2006)
--Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (University of Arkansas Press, 2006)
--The Other Side of Sorrow (Poetry Society of New Hampshire 2006)
--Java Monkey Speaks (Poetry Atlanta Press, 2006)
-Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature (Arcade Publishing, April 2005)
-World Poetry (an anthology in two volumes, forthcoming 2007)
-The Poetry of Iranian Women: A Contemporary Anthology (Forthcoming 2007)
--Poetry That is Life: Mehregan Festival Anthology of Poetry (Ketab Gooya Publishing, 2005)
-Di-verse-city, The Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology (2005)
-City Dialogues: Life During Wartime (California Arts Council 2004)
-So Luminous the Wildflowers, An Anthology of California Poets (Tebot Bach, 2003)