Anis Mojgani
@amojgani
Poet and artist, Anis Mojgani, served two terms as Oregon’s 10th Poet Laureate and is a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam. Winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam and a recipient of an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship, Anis has done commissions for the Getty Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. His work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series
Co-creator of the Oregon Poetry Telephone Line and the librettist for the opera, Sanctuaries, Anis is the author of six books of poetry––his latest being, The Tigers They Let Me. His first children’s book is forthcoming from Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland Oregon.