Poets Peter Cole (l.) and Kaveh Akbar (Pilgrim Bell) read together at Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa, last week. Cole's book of poems, Draw Me After, is out this week from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Photo: Kathleen Johnson/Prairie Lights.
Poets Peter Cole (l.) and Kaveh Akbar (Pilgrim Bell) read together at Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa, last week. Cole's book of poems, Draw Me After, is out this week from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Photo: Kathleen Johnson/Prairie Lights.