Asemana Is Listening: Send Us Your Work
An invitation to those writing from the margins and across worlds.
Do your words cross borders, break silence, or bloom in exile?
Asemana Books is more than a publisher—we are a Canada-based platform for diasporic, underrepresented, and politically engaged literature and thought.
As part of our ongoing growth, we’ve launched a Magazine—curated by editor Mahdi Ganjavi and advised by Mansour Noorbakhsh—as a dedicated space for politically engaged, diasporic, and experimental writing: poetry, short fiction, creative essays, literary event reports from Canada and beyond, translations, and critical reflections that embody our editorial values.
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What We’re Looking For:
We invite contributions in English, French, and languages of West Asia and North Africa (with accompanying translations into English or French) that reflect the values of:
- Diasporic and migrant experience
- Multilingual storytelling
- Political resistance and historical memory
- Decolonial thought and cultural preservation
- Literary experimentation, hybridity, and radical voice
- Human Rights and Freedom of Expression
We especially welcome work by racialized, immigrant, queer, and working-class writers whose voices are often marginalized in mainstream outlets.
How to Submit:
- Send 1–3 poems, or prose between 800–2,500 words as a Word file.
- Include a short bio (100–150 words) and 1–2 lines about the piece’s context.
- If submitting a translation, please confirm permission from the original author or rights holder.
- Email submissions to: asemanamagazine@gmail.com. Kindly include ‘Attention: Asemana Editor’ in the subject line of your email.
- Submissions are open on a rolling basis and will be published in the order received.
- We aim to respond to submissions within 3–4 weeks.
- Our website is updated regularly—every week, or two weeks, depending on the volume of submissions and editorial capacity.
- There is no submission fee. We believe in reducing barriers to literary expression, especially for writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities. Submissions are free and open to all, in alignment with our commitment to accessibility, equity, and inclusion.
- Copyright remains with the author. By submitting your work, you grant us first publication rights (or translation rights, where applicable), but full copyright ownership stays with you.
We do not publish AI-generated work or previously published pieces, unless the work is AI-assisted under expert guidance, or a significantly adapted and expanded version of a previously published piece.
Let’s build a space where literature speaks back—across borders, genres, and histories.
New in Asemana Magazine
Three Poems by Armenida Qyqja
Armenida Qyqja, author of eight poetry collections and two storybooks, including Golden Armor (Transcendent Zero Press, 2025), shares new creative work in Asemana Magazine.
🔗 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-armenida-qyqja
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An Article by Hushang Dowlatabadi, published in Asemana Magazine.
Dowlatabadi — physician, novelist, and researcher of Iran’s ancient history — is the author of Destined to Lead? (Asemana Books, 2025) and seven Persian novels.
🔗 Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/an-article-by-hushang-dowlatabadi
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Three Poems by Isaac Dominion Aju are now out in Asemana Magazine
Nigerian writer & fashion designer Isaac Dominion Aju brings powerful reflections on colonial legacies, resilience, and storytelling — with work also featured in Poetry X Hunger, Kalahari Review, and Flapper Press.
🔗 Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-isaac-dominion-aju
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Gordon Phinn—acclaimed editor, critic, novelist, and poet based in Oakville, Ontario—reviews Prism of Wounded Light (Amin Haddadi, Asemana Books) in the latest issue of Asemana Magazine.
🔗 Read me — https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanamagazine/p/gordon-phinns-review-of-prism-of?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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A Tanka Prose and Two Tanka Poems by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni are now published in Asemana Magazine.
Italian pedagogist and author Barbara Anna Gaiardoni—an internationally awarded haiku poet—writes globally celebrated Japanese-style poetry featured in 260 journals across 12 languages.
👉 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-tanka-prose-and-two-tanka-poems
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A Multimodal Narrative by Morden Shapiro, featured in Asemana Magazine.
Morden—retired business professor, celebrated photographer, and poet—began publishing later in life, sharing works like COVID-19 Poems and Reflections.
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Honoured to share Houra Yavari’s message for the Toronto launch of Stories from Tehran, published in Asemana Magazine.
A towering voice in modern Persian literary criticism and longtime Encyclopaedia Iranica editor, Yavari’s work continues to illuminate the deep links between psychoanalysis and contemporary Persian literature.
🔗 Read the full message: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/houra-yavaris-message-for-the-toronto
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Fereshteh Molavi’s Stories from Tehran: The refusal to forget; published in Asemana Magazine.
Mahdi Ganjavi reflects on Molavi’s uncompromising vision and the decades of artistic, political, and diasporic commitment behind her fearless writing.
Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/fereshteh-molavis-stories-from-tehran
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A Story by Hamid Neasy
From Abadan to the world—award-winning tales from The Dream of Love and Petrified Creatures, now in English, published in Asemana Magazine.
🔗 Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-story-by-hamid-neasy
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A Story by Ornguze Nashima Nathaniel
Published in Asemana Magazine
Ornguze Nashima Nathaniel (ONN) — Nigerian writer and creator of the Acheyinka style — fuses Achebe’s clarity with Soyinka’s poetic depth. His works span fiction, memoir, and children’s literature.
👉 Read here https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-story-by-ornguze-nashima-nathaniel
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A poem by Bahar Almasi — published in Asemana Magazine.
Bahar Almasi explores exile, Persian heritage, and feminist resistance through poetry, cultural memory, and myth-inspired art.
Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/…/a-poem-by-bahar…
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A Poem by Angela Caputo
Translated from the Italian by Bruce Hunter
Now published in Asemana Magazine 🖋
Angela Caputo is a poet, translator, and scholar whose work bridges Francophone and Italian literatures — exploring postcolonial voices, translation, and transnational poetics.
🔗 Read more: https://substack.com/home/post/p-176751809
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Four Poems by Marisa Ashiku
Translated into English by Armenida Qyqja
Published in Asemana Magazine
Albanian poet Marisa Ashiku, based in Voghera, Italy, writes of love, migration, and empathy—revealing women’s resilience and emotional depth.
🔗 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/four-poems-by-marisa-ashiku-translated
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Five Poems by Farideh Fardjam
Farideh Fardjam — poet, filmmaker, and the first Iranian woman playwright — bridges Persian tradition and modernism through works that explore memory, myth, and contemporary life.
📰 Published in Asemana Magazine
👉 Read the poems: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/five-poems-by-farideh-fardjam
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✨ Two new poems by Silvia Falsaperla are now published in Asemana Magazine!
Falsaperla’s poetry and prose have been published internationally, awarded, translated, and featured at conferences, with collections from Legas and Ekstasis Editions.
🔗 Read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanamagazine/p/two-poems-by-silvia-falsaperla
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Three Poems by Yaser Farashahinejad are now published in Asemana Magazine!
Farashahinejad—Persian literature scholar, writer, and translator—continues to push the boundaries of modernity and narrative form, with a body of fiction, poetry, and critical works spanning Iran and beyond.
🔗 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-yaser-farashahinejad
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New on Asemana Magazine
A Story by Rifkah Mannaf — an Indonesian writer and psychology graduate whose fiction and poetry traverse memory, grief, and identity, across both Bahasa Indonesia and English.
🔗 Read the full piece here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-story-by-rifkah-mannaf
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Three Poems by Nabakumar Podder now published in Asemana Magazine!
Nabakumar Podder (Biswajit Podder), a Bengali poet and translator from Kolkata, is the author of three poetry collections. His lyrical works—woven with love, loss, and surrealism—have appeared across international journals. 🌏✒️
🔗 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-nabakumar-podder
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Author’s Note
Amin Haddadi on Prism of Wounded Light, published in Asemana Magazine.
A trilingual volume of poetry, translation, and art—born of resistance, reflection, and resilience.
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New in Asemana Magazine
A poem by John Oughton — Toronto writer, author of six poetry collections and the mystery novel Death by Triangulation. He also reviews for The Seaboard Review and serves as Treasurer of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
📖 Dive into his latest poem here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-poem-by-john-oughton
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Three Poems by Debra J. Nordyke
Published in Asemana Magazine, her work—also seen in Oddball Magazine, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Lowlife Lit Press, and more—dives deep into darkness, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit.
Read here ➡️ https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-debra-j-nordyke
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Trois poèmes de Yadollah Royaï, traduits par Arash Joudaki
Publié dans Asemana Magazine
Yadollah Royaï est une figure majeure de la poésie persane moderne et pionnier de l’« espacementalisme ». Les trois poèmes traduits ici sont tirés des Versées labiales.
🔗 https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/trois-poemes-de-yadollah-royai-traduits
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A Visual Poem by Gary Barwin
Published in Asemana Magazine
Gary Barwin—writer, musician, and multimedia artist—has authored 34 books and received the League of Canadian Poets’ Lifetime Membership Award, the Leacock Medal, and three Canadian Jewish Literary Awards.
🔗 https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-visual-poem-by-gary-barwin
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A new story by Armenida Qyqja — “I Only Love Her” — is now published in Asemana Magazine!
Armenida Qyqja is the author of eight poetry collections and two storybooks, including Golden Armor (Transcendent Zero Press, 2025).
To read the story: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-story-by-armenida-qyqja
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Three Poems by Sina Khani are now published in Asemana Magazine!
Born in Tehran, Khani is a filmmaker and poet whose work fuses innovative cinematography with lyrical storytelling. His debut premiered at the NYC Independent Film Festival, and he later earned an MFA at VCU.
Read the poems here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-sina-khani?r=5jkq6w
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Two Poems by Isaac Dominion Aju published in Asemana Magazine
Isaac Dominion Aju — Nigerian writer & fashion designer — explores colonial legacies and resilience through poetry and fiction. His work appears in Poetry X Hunger, Kalahari Review, and Flapper Press.
👉 Read more: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/two-poems-by-isaac-dominion-aju
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Five powerful poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh are now featured in Asemana Magazine!
Noorbakhsh is the author of In Search of Shared Wishes (FriesenPress, 2017), Till You Recognize Me (Mosaic Press, 2024), and Powdery Wings: Stories of Immigration (Mosaic Press, 2024).
📖 Read the poems here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/five-poems-by-mansour-noorbakhsh
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Four Poems by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews published in Asemana Magazine!
Josie, an award-winning poet of seven collections and two non-fiction works, has received Rome’s International Poetry Prize and a 2022 Pushcart Prize nomination.
Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/four-poems-by-josie-di-sciascio-andrews
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Three Poems by Giovanna Riccio published in Asemana Magazine
Giovanna Riccio, prize-winning poet and reviewer, is the author of Vittorio, Strong Bread, and Plastic’s Republic. Her acclaimed work has appeared internationally in six languages.
Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-giovanna-riccio
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A Poem by Saadi Golbayani — in its original Persian ; and in its English translation by Ali Asadollahi — now in Asemana Magazine.
Saadi Golbayani, award-winning Iranian poet, critic, and translator, is the author of four acclaimed collections and winner of the 2015 Shamlou Award, with notable translations of Mark Strand and Don DeLillo.
📖 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-poem-by-saadi-golbayani-in-persian
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✨ New in Asemana Magazine ✨
Three Poems by Steve Noyes — award-winning poet from Vancouver Island.
Author of six collections and two chapbooks, including Rainbow Stage–Manchuria, small data, and the bpNichol Prize–winning The Conveyor.
🔗 Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-steve-noyes
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Five Poems by Carmelo Militano are now published in Asemana Magazine!
Militano—award-winning poet, writer, and editor—delves into history, myth, family, and the erotic to explore Italian and English Canadian identity.
To read the poems: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/five-poems-by-carmelo-militano
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Two Poems by Ali Sobati Published in Asemana Magazine ✨
Toronto-based Iranian poet, translator, and activist Ali Sobati shares two powerful poems exploring exile, censorship, and trauma. His bilingual voice speaks through poetry, teaching, and community-building.
📖 Read the full poems: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/two-poems-by-ali-sobati
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Three poems by award-winning poet Jeevan Bhagwat—now published in Asemana magazine!
Co-founder of the Scarborough Poetry Club, Jeevan is the author of The Radha Poems (2025), Luminescence (2020), and The Weight of Dreams (2012).
📖 Read the poems here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-jeevan-bhagwat
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A New Poem by PJ Yukon — featured in Asemana Magazine
PJ Yukon, a Canadian poet and tireless advocate, has been serving as Yukon’s Poet Laureate since 1994.
Read the full poem here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/a-poem-by-pj-yukon
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Three Poems by Nilofar Shidmehr in Asemana Magazine
Powerful, poignant, and poetic—Nilofar Shidmehr, acclaimed author of Shirin and Salt Man and Forty Dawns of Persian Spring, shares three new poems in Asemana.
To read the poems: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-nilofar-shidmehr
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New on Asemana Magazine
“An Article and Two Poems by Gordon Phinn”
Gordon Phinn—acclaimed editor, critic, novelist, and poet from Oakville, Ontario—shares his literary brilliance in our latest posting.
[Read here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/an-article-and-two-poems-by-gordon]
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Three Poems by Antje Stehn
Just published in Asemana Magazine — explore the powerful words of Antje Stehn, a German poet, artist, and curator based in Italy. Renowned for her bilingual works like Grotesk and Guerra, and her leadership in international art-poetry collaborations.
Read now: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/…/three-poems-by…
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Four poems by Hadi Ebrahimi Roudbaraki are now live in Asemana Magazine!
A trailblazing poet and cultural force, Ebrahimi has shaped Iranian diasporic literature through decades of visionary work.
Read now: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/p/four-poems-by-hadi-ebrahimi-roudbaraki
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A Prose Poem by Honey Novick
Now published in Asemana Magazine
Honey Novick — award-winning singer, poet, and voice teacher — shares a moving new prose poem.
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Just published in Asemana Magazine:
An article by Amir Yazdanbod 🖋
Dive into the bold, intellectually rich world of this celebrated Iranian-Canadian writer—winner of the Golshiri and Tehran Short Story Awards—whose fiction bridges Persian and English traditions with rare brilliance.
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Three Poems by Peter Taylor now live in Asemana Magazine
Peter Taylor, acclaimed for his award-winning poetry recognized by the Welsh Poetry Book Awards and the War Poetry Contest, shares a moving trio of works on mental illness.
Read it here: https://asemanamagazine.substack.com/…/three-poems-by…
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Three poems by Max Vandersteen are now live in Asemana Magazine.
Max—a former President of the Edmonton Stroll of Poets—is known for his evocative writing on social justice, featured in Iguanas of El Ray, Fair Play, and Work of Words.
📰 Read his latest work now: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/three-poems-by-max-vandersteen?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A Poem by Niloufar-Lily Soltani
Vancouver-based author, poet, and translator Niloufar-Lily Soltani—known for her debut novel Zulaikha—weaves themes of race, class, gender, and migration into her moving literary works.
🌊 Dive into her latest poem: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/a-poem-by-niloufar-lily-soltani?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Three new poems by Saraswoti Lamichhane are now live in Asemana Magazine!
Lamichhane—a brilliant poet, translator, and editor—is known for championing Nepali voices through her acclaimed translations like Kavya (2023), with a new poetry collection forthcoming from Mawenzi House.
Read the full poems: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/three-poems-by-saraswoti-lamichhane?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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A powerful new piece by Sina “Xina” Gilani is now published in Asemana Magazine!
Xina is a Toronto-based, award-winning playwright, actor, and screenwriter, known for Wedding at Aulis and How to Store Pomegranates, and recipient of the SIMORGH award.
Read the full piece here 👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/a-piece-by-sina-gilani-xina?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Three Poems by Sungrye Han, now published in Asemana Magazine.
Sungrye Han is a South Korean poet and translator whose surrealist, modernist, and avant-garde works explore Korean and Japanese themes of tradition, pain, and mortality.
Read the poems here: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/three-poems-by-sungrye-han?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Three Poems by Jüri Talvet in Asemana Magazine!
Talvet, an award-winning Estonian poet, translator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tartu, shares three luminous works from his vast literary world
Read the full poems here 👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/three-poems-by-juri-talvet?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A Poem by Peyman Vahabzadeh
Published in Asemana Magazine
Through poetry, mountaineering, woodcarving, and reading, Peyman Vahabzadeh searches for meaning in an oppressive world—while authoring nine volumes of literature and criticism, and ten academic books. To read the poem, visit: https://open.substack.com/…/a-poem-by-peyman-vahabzadeh…
Three new poems by acclaimed Canadian poet I.B. Iskov are now published in Asemana Magazine!
Founder of The Ontario Poetry Society, Iskov continues to shine with her latest collection, One Place the Light Remains (Mosaic Press, 2025).
To read the poems, click: https://open.substack.com/…/three-poems-by-bunny-iskov…
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New in Asemana Magazine: Three Poems by Hiram Larew
We’re proud to feature Three Poems by Hiram Larew, a celebrated voice in contemporary poetry. Author of seven collections—including This Much Very (2025)—and founder of Poetry X Hunger, Larew brings language to life with urgency and grace. His work has appeared in Contemporary American Voices, Poetry Scotland, and now, Asemana.
Read the poems now at: https://open.substack.com/…/three-poems-by-hiram-larew…
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One Poem by Patrick Connors is now live in Asemana Magazine. Connors—author of Scarborough Songs and The Long Defeat—is a celebrated voice in Canadian poetry, with recent features in Spadina Literary Review and performances across major literary festivals.
Read the poem here: https://open.substack.com/…/p/one-poem-by-patrick-connors
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✨ A Story and a Poem by Armenida Qyqja
Armenida Qyqja, author of eight poetry collections and two storybooks, including Golden Armor (Transcendent Zero Press, 2025), shares new creative work in Asemana Magazine.
🔗 Read here: https://asemanabooks.substack.com/p/a-story-and-a-poem-by-armenida-qyqja
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Three Poems by PJ Yukon
Canadian poet and advocate who has been serving as the Yukon Poet Laureate since 1994. To read the poems visit: https://asemanabooks.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-pj-yukon #asemana_magazine #indigenous_Poetry #Canadian_Poetry #PJ_Yukon
A Poem by Mahdi Ganjavi, Translated by Behnam M. Fomeshi published in Asemana Magazine.
Mahdi Ganjavi is a poet, publisher, and professor whose work merges lyrical intensity with documentary poetics to confront history, erasure, and forgotten lives.
To read the poems: https://substack.com/@asemanabooks/note/p-165994553?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=5jkq6w
In Memoria: Parnia Abbasi (2001-2025)
Three Poems by Parnia Abbasi, killed on June 12, 2025, in an Israeli strike on Tehran (translated from Persian by Saba Pakdel) To read the poems: https://substack.com/inbox/post/165898228…
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Two Poems by Diana Manole published today in Asemana Magazine.
Diana is a Romanian-Canadian writer, translator, & scholar; author of Praying to a Landed-Immigrant God (Grey Borders Books, 2023), with work published in 14 countries and recognized with major literary awards. To read the poems: https://open.substack.com/pub/asemanabooks/p/two-poems-by-diana-manole?r=5jkq6w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Two Poems by Mansour Noorbakhsh
Mansour Noorbakhsh is the author of In Search of Shared Wishes (FriesenPress, 2017), Till You Recognize Me (Mosaic Press, 2024), and Powdery Wings: Stories of Immigration (Mosaic Press, 2024).
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Three Poems by Elana Wolff (“Refinement”, “Screwdriver”, and “Surely It Is”), published in Asemana Magazine. To read the poems:
Three Poems by George Elliott Clarke
A Black Nova Scotian poet of two-plus centuries of residency/descendance, who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15) and as the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2016 & 17).
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Three poems by Gordon Phinn published in Asemana Magazine
To read:
https://asemanabooks.substack.com/p/three-poems-by-gordon-phinn
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