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Solmaz Sharif

Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif is the author of Look. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and others. Her second poetry collection, Customs, was published by Graywolf in March 2022.

Poetry The Ecstasy issue

From “Without Which”

By Solmaz Sharif

“I have long loved what one can carry. / I have long left all that can be left / behind in the burning cities and lost”