Hajar Hussaini
visiting assistant Professor
BS, Russell Sage College
MFA, University of Iowa
Office: Palamountain 320E
Phone: (518) 580-5167
Email: hhussaini@skidmore.edu
Courses Taught:
- EN 105 Literature of Witness
- EN 213 Poetry
- EN 282 Introduction to Poetry Writing
- EN 238 World Literature
- EN 237 Postcolonial Culture
Teaching and Research Interests:
- Poetry
- Creative Writing
- Translation Theory and Practice
- Global Anglophone and Postcolonial Literature
- Persian Literature and Literature of Afghanistan
Books:
- Disbound: Poems. University of Iowa Press, 2022.
- Death and His Brother: A Novel by Khosraw Mani Translated from Persian. Syracuse University Press, Forthcoming, 2025.
Selected Honors and Awards:
- Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Poetry, University of Washington’s Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2024.
- Faculty Development Grant, Skidmore College, 2024.
- Carol Ann Donahue Poetry Award, Russell Sage College, 2023.
- Iowa Writers Workshop Postgraduate Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2021-2022.
Selected Publications:
- “Asylum Seeker” a Poem by Maral Taheri translated from Persian, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, June 28, 2024.
- “Disbound,” Daedalus: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Spring 2023.
- “A Poetics of Abandonment,” Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Blog. May 2022.
- “meta-variable,” Poetry Magazine. April 2022.
Work in Progress:
Translations of Selected Poems by Maral Taheri from Persian, Forthcoming 2026.