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Mahmood
Karimi-Hakak, a Professor of
Creative Arts at Siena College, is a poet, author, translator,
and theatre director and filmmaker whose creative works have
participated in several international festivals and have
received three international awards. Karimi-Hakak’s literary
credits include five plays, two books of poetry, several
translations, and numerous articles and interviews both in
English and Persian. He is a recipient of two scholarly awards,
Raymond Kennedy (2005) and Fulbright (2009).
mhakak@siena.edu
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Bill
Wolak is a poet who has appeared
in many literary magazines and has published one collection of
poetry, Pale as an Explosion. He has translated Joyce Mansour,
Stuart Merrill, and Francis Vielé-Griffin. Bill is a recipient
of several National Endowment for the Humanities and two
Fulbright-Hayes scholarships. He has traveled extensively
throughout India, Tibet, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, China, and
Iran. Bill Wolak has been an Adjunct Professor at William
Paterson University for over twenty years.
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