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Marianne Morris

Marianne Morris has returned from a two-week trip to Iran. 'It marks the end of a year of reading and researching Iranian history and poetry as part of an attempt to improve my own poetic practice.  My original intention had been to go in May and June 2009, and I had enrolled myself into the University of Tehran’s Farsi program for the purpose -- but of course, the elections June 12th meant that all visa applications for trips scheduled during that time were denied.  At the time (May), I assumed that my application had been denied through some personal administrative fault.  But I’ve been reliably informed since that this was not the case.  And I got my visa in the end... on condition that I wouldn’t study anything whilst I was over there.'

For a selection of the work she produced in Iran, see her blog: http://mannemo.tumblr.com/

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