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The No Exit Cafe is located next to the Morse stop on the Red Line
A book launch for "Your Lover’s Beloved: 51 Ghazals by Hafez & Iran Today." A reading, book signing and discussion with Mahmood Karimi-Hakak and Bill Wolak.

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

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. williamwolak@netzero.net