This international anthology marks a world-historical moment: the first ever feminist revolution. The slogan chanted by the demonstrators in Iran is Woman, Life, Freedom, and it encompasses hopes and ideals for all people everywhere. This anthology echoes that cry. The poems here might be reflections on the present moment, denunciations of injustice, examinations of the poet’s own conscience, laments for the fallen, bitter curses, prayers, celebrations of life, and visions of a better future. Bänoo and Cy aim to raise awareness of the women’s revolution in Iran and show the world that this cause is alive and will not be put down. "In short: Woman Life Freedom is an astonishing, riveting, galling, inspiring, infuriating, sickening, saddening, beautiful collection of poetry. For me, anyway, it is a testament of life against one of its great enemies: religion." — Daniel James Sharp, The Freethinker "The poems in Woman Life Freedom fuse contemporary detail with the imagery, and sometimes the formal patterns, of Iran’s deep and rich poetic tradition. They form a bridge between voices in exile and protests in Iranian streets." — Elizabeth T. Gray Jr.,  Harvard Review Online Woman! Life! Freedom! A chant as needed now as ever before! Writers from around the world in this throbbing volume of poetry, pen searing and soaring poems that move the human soul. This collection is a small but mighty triumph for the voices of those who believe in freedom, freedom for the women of Iran and for all women. -- Lillian Allen, Toronto’s Poet Laureate, author of Make the World New Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution features a chorus of voices that both roar and unite, mourn and revive, inviting a feminist movement onto the page. This collection captures the relentless courage of Kurdish and Iranian women, echoing their century-old struggle for justice, dignity, and liberation. The death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini sparked an uprising, manifesting as fierce resilience. In this collection, poets bear witness, lament, and demand freedom. Their words shatter apathy, haunt, and heal, in forms as diverse as the lives they honor and the beauty they unveil amid adversity and atrocities. This is poetry that rages and reckons―a passionate literary revolution. -- Ava Homa, author of Daughters of Smoke and Fire Revolutions that aren’t merely a changing of the guard take place in the mind and heart first. That is what lifts off every page in this anthology. Every poem acts as a world unto itself, providing a window into a protracted cry for freedom, best encapsulated in three simple words. Woman. Life. Freedom. It is a universal theme and that’s what makes this book so important because movements of the mind are not confined by borders and boundaries. The words in this book offer an archival contribution to a spark that led to a fire and that currently smoulders within the ashes. A great archive of a moment and a movement that is on-going. -- Samira Mohyeddin, journalist and broadcaster; founder, On The Line Media Beautiful and important work. A chorus of defiance and courage, this searing poetry collection decries the appalling subjugation of Iranian people, especially women and girls. At times blazing, at times contained, these poems sing invocations from the page for the dignity and freedom of all human beings, tenderly mixing longing for the usurped beauty and lost history of homeland with rage and grief. In a world that increasingly feels insane and full of despair, this book reminds us that we are not powerless, that reading is an act of protest, solidarity, and revolution. -- Jane Muschenetz, winner, California Press Women Communications Prize in Creative Verse, author of All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents A beautiful book that illustrates the struggles of Iranian women and their decades-long battle to gain basic freedoms. There is much strength and truth in every magnificent poem. -- Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran Does poetry matter in the face of injustice and unspeakable violence against women? The poets of Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution say yes. Read these passionate, searing accounts of resistance to the state’s oppression, and be moved by the young Iranians who took to the streets, paying for their dreams of freedom and equality for women with their lives. You will not be able to look away from these poems. A really, really fantastic collection. What a tour de force. Everyone should read it. -- Julie Rak, Professor and HM Tory Chair, University of Alberta, author of False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering NonFiction An extraordinary collection of powerful poetry celebrating the brave women leading Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom revolution and mourning those who have lost their lives and their freedom. This collection of revolutionary poetry is an astonishing contribution to women’s liberation worldwide. A must read for any feminist, especially th