Tara Mokhtari
TARA MOKHTARI
poet, screenwriter, and author of:
The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative writing
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Anxiety Soup
IN THE PRESS
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Tara Mokhtari's The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing is the ideal introduction to creative writing... Tara is a fabulous poet, a talented fiction writer and a gifted teacher and this is an insider's guide that's full of highly useful steps to guide the beginning or the apprentice writer along the path to creative fulfilment. Tara's warmth, sensitivity, intelligence and bravery shine through this valuable introduction.
[Anxiety Soup] …left a lasting impression on this reviewer. Powerful stuff. Anxiety Soup is poetry that is contemporary in its themes, accessible, and enjoyable.
...The original writing is fresh and cleverly structured with an ingenious sense of the dramatic twist and the theatrical surprise.
Tara Mokhtari is a writer to watch for in the future.
P. STAMATELLIS
Verity La
PETER WILKINS
The Canberra Times
ANTONI JACH
Director of the Modern Writing Press Novel Writing Masterclass
BIOGRAPHY
Based in New York City, Tara Mokhtari is a Persian-Australian author, screenwriter, poet, and playwright with fifteen years professional experience. A storytelling expert with a PhD in Creative Writing and a Masters of Creative Media, Tara specializes in words that strike at the heart of emotional and objective truths.
"People often ask if I love being a writer, which is tantamount to asking if I love having a nose: Writing is the only way I know how to navigate living."
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SELECTED CREDITS
Edited Books
Rajabzadeh, H. (Trans: Mokhtari, P.) (Ed: Mokhtari, T.) 2012, “Comparative Study of The Tsurezuregusa and The Golestan”, Tahouri, Tehran
Rajabzadeh, H. (Trans: Mokhtari, P.) (Ed. Mokhtari, T) 2011, “Mehdi Gholi Hedaiat’s ‘The Travelogue’”, Tahouri, Tehran
Stage and Screen
“Organ-ize”, video documentary, Sam & Mattie Llc, New York
“Searching for Hassan”, feature film, Barry Navidi Productions, London/LA
"Luminous", feature film, Solar Productions, Australia
“Doll Face”, one act play, Short and Sweet Festival, Seymour Centre, Sydney
“Who Is Baron Samadhi”, music documetary, Channel 31, La Trobe University Studio, Melbourne
“Reverie Wreckage”, three-act play, Free Rain Theatre Co., Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
“A Tribute to Black”, three-act hybrid play/film, The Nineteenth Hole Productions, Tuggeranong Theatre, Canberra
Publications
“Sonnet II from Stupid Sonnets”, Don’t Look Down Magazine, Melbourne, p.16
“Solipsism in Reimagining Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘The Lion For Real’”, VLAK, vol.3, Prague, pp.159-163
“Stevie’s Death”, Offset Arts/Literary Journal, no.11, Victoria University, Melbourne, pp.24-25
“Top 10 Poetic Moments of 2011”, Overland Literary Journal, Melbourne
Mokhtari, T. & Wright, F. 2011 “Discussion on Licari’s The Absence of Saints” Giramondo Poetry Review Online, pp.1-4
“Review of Best Australian Poetry 2009”, Overland Literary Journal
“Discussion on ‘The Darkest Blue’”, Verity La Online Poetry Magazine, Melbourne
“Selected Poems”, Verity La Literary magazine online, Melbourne p.1
“Selected Poems”, Alternative Reel Magazine Online p.1
“Saturday Mornings”, Four W, vol. 18, Wagga Wagga, pp.48-49
“Twenty-five Hours”, HEAT 15: Luminous Gerberas, (New Series) vol 15, pp.98-100
“Not Knowing”, Tattle Tales Magazine, Visible Ink, Melbourne p.31
“That Jazz”, Contemporary Soul Magazine, Visible Ink, Melbourne, pp.39-40
“For Me”, CURIO University of Canberra, Canberra, p.23
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