pspan stylebackgroundcolor rgba249 249 249 1 color rgba0 0 0 1Nader Rahimis The Scarlet Stone and other Selected Poems is the first ever translation of Siavash Kasrais poetry. A seminal figure in Persian literature Kasrais epic poetry toils with the turbulent political landscape of Iran. The Scarlett Stone is complex in how Kasrai confronts the failure of his own communist ideology and expands this on a broader scale after having witnessed the events following the upending of the Shah regime in 1979 which led to the rise of the current Islamic regime. Rahimis translation includes a complete translation of The Scarlett Stone ten other poems such as Wish and finally a partially selected translation of Arash the Archer. In translating Kasrais lyrical yet searing poetry Rahimi opens up a world of rich language allegory and most importantly hope previously unexplored by the English speaker.spanp