Hard Hat Reading: Kaveh Akbar @poetshouse

Hard Hat Reading: Kaveh Akbar @poetshouse

Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

Poet and scholar Kaveh Akbar recites and discusses “I came to you” by Jean Valentine, and his own poem “Reading Farrokhzad in a Pandemic” from his recent book Pilgrim Bell.

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