Description
Woven Frays is a debut collection of poems by Baran Rostamian. Published in collaboration with Centre for Stories and Red River Press in Delhi. Woven Frays was developed and published as a result of Centre for Stories and Red River Press’ Green Leaves, Red River writing program and the Writing Change, Writing Inclusion hot desk fellowship.
Woven Frays is also available to purchase from Amazon.
About Baran
Baran Rostamian is a writer and law student, living on unceded Whadjuk Noongar Boodja where she was not born. She recognises there is privilege in being able to speak your mind. She is fascinated, dumbfounded and disgusted by the way and the why of things. She believes it is important to show love. Baran’s writing has been published in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 9, Singapore Review of Books, SBS Voices, The Tiger Moth Review, Limina journal, Books+Publishing magazine, Pulch Mag, Ignite Vol. 6, Damsel Magazine, at the Raine Square Short Story Dispenser and in Centre for Stories’ JOURNAL, and anthologies, To Hold the Clouds and Under the Paving Stones, the Beach. You can find her on Instagram @baran.com.au.
Praise for Woven Frays
Like threads of gold patching up an old jar, Baran’s poems remind us of the connections between language and country, self-hood and family, fictions and truths. At times unnerving in their intimacy, at others, elusive in their symbolism, these poems both delight and disturb, which, surely, is the purpose of poetry. Woven Frays is an astonishing debut and I look forward to reading more from this fine poet. — Rashida Murphy
Rostamian’s poems speak with a finely tuned defiance. The voice crackles, spits and purrs. Her poetry captures the everyday moments where something suddenly matters. Woven Frays makes you feel the sharp pain of being overwhelmed by the world’s demands, and then the duller pain of its disappointments. But through all this there is an electricity generated by the surprise of hope and the possibilities of the word. — Tony Hughes-D’Aeth
Baran Rostamian’s debut, Woven Frays, marks a refreshing, exuberant entrance into the Australian poetry landscape. Experimental, unpredictable and unapologetic, these poems are vivid in their observations of environmental worlds and interior lives. Rostamian wields the poetic line with deft skill, and her lyrics unveil contemporary life with bare abstractions and vibrant imagery. This new voice attends to the world with a dry and ironic wit, weaving her subjects together from pieces that were once frayed, or broken. — Amy Lin