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Skidmore College
English Department

Hajar Hussaini

Hajar Hussaini

visiting assistant Professor

BS, Russell Sage College
MFA, University of Iowa

Office: Palamountain 320E
Phone: (518) 580-5167
Email: hhussaini@skidmore.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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鈥檚 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:

  • 鈥淎sylum Seeker鈥 a Poem by Maral Taheri translated from Persian, Academy of American Poets鈥 Poem-a-Day, June 28, 2024. 
  • 鈥淒isbound,鈥 Daedalus: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Spring 2023. 
  • 鈥淎 Poetics of Abandonment,鈥 Poetry Foundation鈥檚 Harriet Blog. May 2022. 
  • 鈥渕eta-variable,鈥 Poetry Magazine. April 2022. 

Work in Progress:

Translations of Selected Poems by Maral Taheri from Persian, Forthcoming 2026.