Rana Tahir is a poet, artist, and educator living in Portland, OR. She earned her MFA from Pacific University and is a Kundiman Fellow. Her work has previously appeared in Print Oriented Bastards, Fresh Literary Magazine, and Catch among others.
[…] Rana Tahir spoke to us from Portland, Oregon in late April. She finds reflection on the last year quite strange, particularly at the moment when we spoke as the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case had come out that very day. Almost exactly a year previously, Tahir found herself in the streets fighting for justice following the murder of George Floyd. Tahir is a poet, artist and educator, as well as a Kundiman Fellow. To hear more about her work, her influences, including the war in Kuwait from which her parents fled, as well as live readings of her work, listen to the complete interview. […]
[…] Rana Tahir spoke to us from Portland, Oregon in late April. She finds reflection on the last year quite strange, particularly at the moment when we spoke as the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case had come out that very day. Almost exactly a year previously, Tahir found herself in the streets fighting for justice following the murder of George Floyd. Tahir is a poet, artist and educator, as well as a Kundiman Fellow. To hear more about her work, her influences, including the war in Kuwait from which her parents fled, as well as live readings of her work, listen to the complete interview. […]