Katayoon Zandvakili

Katayoon Zandvakili's collection of poetry, Deer Table Legs, won the University of Georgia Press Contemporary Poetry Series prize, and the book’s title poem was awarded a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been anthologized -- American Poetry: The Next Generation, A World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans, Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond, The Poetry of Iranian Women, and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Volume 8 -- and published in journals such as Lumina, caesura, Five Fingers Review, Rattapallax, Arte East, Private Photo Review, and narrativemagazine.com.

Katayoon's latest projects include her memoir My Beautiful Impostor, a second volume of poetry, Ossian: The Girl King Sings Songs of Epic Leaving, and the screenplays Wonderful Her and To Live As I Like: The Marie B. Story.

Katayoon is honored to serve on the MFA Advisory Board at St. Mary's College.

Of Persian heritage, she considers herself a global citizen.

With gratitude for your time and kind attention.

Yours in Light and Joy,
Katayoon