Anis Mojgani is the author of six poetry collections, the libretto of the opera Sanctuaries, and a forthcoming children’s picture book. He served two terms as Oregon’s 10^th Poet Laureate and is co-creator of the Oregon Telephone Poetry Hotline. His most recent collection is The Tigers, They Let Me. Originally from New Orleans, Mojgani currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

(Photo credit: Anis Mojgani)