In this episode, Claire chats to poet Amir Shojaei about his beautiful collection Club Bordeaux.
Club Bordeaux is a genuine love poem collection about a private book club which two young lovers from Bordeaux think of, and later on expand into a bakery/painting/book club. It is a journey of narrative-style untitled poems about finding or rather enabling your voice in love through your life skills, your knowledge of the world, your habits, and your profession. It promotes giving in to love and encourages giving love your all. This collection is greatly thematic, consisting of three chapters: 1) bakery, 2) painting, and 3) book.
Amir Shojaei is a young poet, writer, translator, tutor and actor. His first book, The Last Redbud, is a science-fiction novel published in 2021, and his debut in poetry is a collection called Club Bordeaux published by Tredition Publishing in 2024. He is the founder of The Star Anise Literary Association and the latest member of Woofenberry Writers Club. He mostly writes about real-world places and emphasizes natural emotions.
Lucille Clifton is one of the poets who has inspired Amir Shojaei’s poetry and art, and his favorite poem by Lucille Clifton is Blessing The Boats. Florence Welch is another source of inspiration for Amir.
Amir’s thematic and narrative poetry collection Club Bordeaux is available on Amazon and a number of online book shops.
He is on Instagram @amir.shojaei and you can rate his work on Goodreads.
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