Ali Araghi

Writer and translator. THE IMMORTALS OF TEHRAN (@melvillehouse, 2020). I AM A FACE (@coimpress, 2015). Rep'd by @atatelewis.

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I'm delighted to announce that THE IMMORTALS OF TEHRAN is coming out in paperback this April. And with a new cover!

Not only do these flames remind me of the fiery poetry in the novel, but I can't help reading them as symbolic of the tumultuous year this book was born in.

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@TK_HelpDesk Seeking urgent help: personal item recovered by airline staff after my Jan 9 flight to IAD was returned with contents missing.

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The Arabic translation of THE IMMORTALS OF TEHRAN is out by @AlArabipd in Egypt. It was in the making for a long time, but it's out in the world now, released first in the Riyadh International Book Fair. Can't wait to get my copy.

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Call to Persian Poetry Translators: Submit to the Mo Habib Translation Prize! @melcuw, in collaboration with @DeepVellum, enthusiastically calls for submissions of Persian poetry (50-250 texts, translated into English) through March 01, 2024. Info at: https://t.co/ZJpXTeFRk5 #xl8

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Maybe the big filter is inevitably making your host planet inhabitable before growing enough to develop the ability to leave it?

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This one sounds outright petty to me: “. . . [The Indians] will be bathing in the glory of this BUT IS IT ALSO ABOUT SERIOUS SCIENCE? Is it also about something which might benefit space exploration more broadly?”

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Today India became the first nation to reach the south pole of the moon. BBC’s coverage did not sound too hyped about history being made by a country from the global south. The questions were dismissive, devaluing, and skeptical. Here’s why I felt that (Emphases mine):

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Talking to the next guest, Charles Bolden, head of NASA for 7 years: “Clearly A massive day for India. [Some fillers] SO YOU THINK DELIGHT COULD BE SHARED AROUND THE WORLD?” Would he have asked this if the landing had been achieved by an American or European agency?

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I thought ChatGPT would kill these kinds of questions.

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Film and TV writers are on strike demanding, among other things, protection against AI taking their jobs. Maybe literary writers, too, should put pressure on (big) publishers until they commit to never publishing texts written by AI.

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Got my stamps. The choice was clear.

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"Every Persian is more or less of a poet, and has a natural instinct for rhyme".

- E. Denison Ross, June 1900

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Reporter talks about this rogue black hole and the host asks, Should we be concerned? Like how long do you think we live?

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My Uber driver said it took him 3 months to travel from El Salvador to the US. He spent another 3 months in jail here, but now he has a work permit and is waiting for his green card. I felt happy for him. People should have the right to move around to make their lives better.

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We need some sort of label that informs us something has been created by AI. Just like Gluten Free, Non-GMO, and Nutrition labels.

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If AI isn’t going to do your taxes (and not steal all your financial information), scrap it right now.

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Too many emails from the provost.

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«تو بگو تو بگو چه کنیم چه کنیم با پرورشگاهی که در رحم داریم
تو بگو تو بگو چه کنیم با لخته لخته های خون»

- مهناز یوسفی

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"you tell us you tell us what to do what to do with the orphanage we have in our wombs
you tell us you tell us what to do with the blood clots clots"

- Mahnaz Yousefi