The Mirror of My Heart Paperback Book 9780143135616

An incredible collection of verse by women poets writing in Persian many translated into English for the first timeFrom Iran and India to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan from princesses and entertainers to anonymous wives and daughters The Mirror of My Heart displays the extraordinary breadth of women writing in Persian The 83 poets included in this collection many translated here for the first time traverse a thousand years from Rabeeh and her surprisingly sensual writing in the ninth century to the powerful verse of Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twentyfirst