Woolman at Sierra Friends Center

An evening celebrating the release of Iranian-born and local Nevada County poet Rooja Mohassessy's debut poetry collection. When Your Sky Runs Into Mine is a memoir-in-verse recounting one woman's transnational journey through multiple cultures and across several borders. An ekphrastic conversation between niece and uncle, Rooja Mohassessy's poems pay homage to her uncle, the prominent Iranian painter and sculptor, Bahman Mohassess (1931-2010) who facilitated her emigration from Iran at the height of the Iran-Iraq war. The collection follows the coming-of-age journey of an adolescent toward self-realization and freedom.

This will be a hybrid event, please RSVP to receive updated information and a Zoom link.

Add-on available to order a copy of the book to pick up at the event.