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WORDS ON A WIRE: Solmaz Sharif

For her first collection of poetry "Look," Solmaz Sharif lifted words and phrases from the US Defense Department's "Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms."  In adopting words such as "Friendly Fire," or even the title of the book "Look," Solmaz poetically re-writes the dictionary in order to remove violence from the language.

Solmaz will also read the poem "Desired Appreciation" from the collection.

https://solmazsharif.com

Aired Nov. 13, 2016

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