Lyrics of Life: Sa'di on Love, Cosmopolitanism and Care of the Self
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/07/18
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Fatemeh Keshavarz discussed her new book on the mediaeval Persian lyrical poet Sa'di: "Lyrics of Life: Sa'di on Love, Cosmopolitanism and Care of the Self." This program was the opening lecture of a Persian book lecture series, held during the Nowruz season which celebrates the arrival of spring. Speaker Biography: Fatemeh Keshavarz, a poet and writer in both English and Persian, is the director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7299
