Pooya Salehi, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

a Pooya Salehi, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

Author: Pooya Salehi

Pooya Salehi is an Iranian poet and writer. He has published two Persian-language books: The Gravestone with Identical Dates (March 2024) and The King of Flowers (January 2019). The Gravestone with Identical Dates received third prize for Book of the Year at the Zehne Zarrin Festival and was the only novel among the top three selected books. An English translation of the book is scheduled to be published by Merlinus Publishing. For more information, see the author’s website.

Body Horror · Philosophy

When Platonic Love Turns Into Body Horror: Exploring Michael Shanks’s Together (2025)

July 25, 2026

When we speak of union with the beloved, do we mean purification of the self alongside another, or the annihilation of the self under the guise of love? If union[…]

Author: Pooya Salehi

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