About

Mehrnaz Sokhansanj is an Iranian-American poet based in California. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in creative writing and poetry from UCLA. Her poems have been published in various journals, including the Los Angeles Poets Society, Papeachu Review, and Sixfold.

it doesn’t have to be this way is her debut poetry chapbook.

 

Publications:

“I Don’t Know Your Hurt”, “Sea of Detachment”, “The Mourning Song” | Sixfold, Winter 2019

“It Lives”, “I am”, “Self-portrait” | Papeachu Review, Issue 2

“2008 was supposed to be lucky” | The Los Angeles Poets Society, #SheDoes Movement

“Blurrs” | Underground Literary Journal, Fall 2016 Issue