Kaveh Akbar's poems have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Poetry, The New York Times, and The Paris Review. Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf 2021) and Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James 2017) are his works. Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently teaches at Purdue University as well as Randolph College and Warren Wilson's low-residency MFA programs.