Daniel Khalastchi

Tradition Daniel Khalastchi

Marc Notes: The wildly imaginative poems in Daniel Khalastchi's 'Tradition' bring to life a speaker struggling to find balance between familial pressure and personal identity, religious faith and recognition of the world's calamities. An Iraqi Jewish American and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Khalastchi's much-anticipated follow-up to his award-winning debut is a surreal cir de coeur - a darkly humorous wonderland too fantastical and fresh to be doubted. Review Quotes: These poems tickle our sly, inner appreciation for the unanticipated chaos of modern life. "The Volta Blog""Biographical Note: Daniel Khalastchi is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. He is the author of "Manoleria" (2011), winner of the Tupelo Press First Book Prize, and his poems have appeared in publications such as "Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, H_NGM_N, Iowa Review, jubilant, Ninth Letter, Octopus Magazine, 1913: A Journal of Forms, " and "Best American Experimental Writing 2014." A former fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Daniel is currently the associate director of the University of Iowa s Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing. He lives in Iowa City and is the co-founder and managing editor of Rescue Press." Contributor Bio:  Khalastchi, Daniel Daniel Khalastchi is a first-generation Iraqi Jewish American. He earned his M. F. A from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and returns to Iowa City each summer to teach for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and Iowa Young Writers' Studio. He is a visiting professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee and is founder/co-editor of Rescue Press.