Anis Mojgani (Persian: انیس مژگانی) (born June 13, 1977) is an American spoken word poet, visual artist and musician based in Portland, Oregon. Mojgani has been characterized as a "geek genius" with "fiercely hopeful word arias."[1]
Over the course of his career, Mojgani has been a member of several poetry slam teams. He was also a member of 2007's Solomon Sparrow's Electric Whale Revival and 2008's Junkyard Ghost Revival, both of which featured poets Buddy Wakefield and Derrick C. Brown as actively-touring members.
Mojgani won back-to-back titles in the National Individual Poetry Slam in 2005 and 2006,[4] was interviewed in 2006 on KUOW-FM's The Beat,[1] and was in the documentary Slam Planet: War of the Words.[5] In 2007 Mojgani was on HBO's Def Poetry Jam[6] and placed 2nd in Poetry Slam, Inc.'s 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam[7] and won first place at 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam held in Bobigny, France as part of the French National Slam Championships among 16 National Poetry Slam Champions.[8] and published and cover in the Summer 2007 edition of RATTLE.[9]
His book The Feather Room was a 2011 National Book Award nominee.[10] Mojgani is featured performing a live poem in "Heartbreak Dreamer", the first song on Mat Kearney's 2015 album Just Kids.
Mojgani is a member of the Baháʼí Faith[14][15] and participated in the Black Men's Gathering initiative across 2003–2010 including trips for the religion to Brazil and a youth leadership meeting in the U.S.
^Frederick Landry; Harvey McMurray; Richard W. Thomas (2011). The Story of the Baha'i Black Men's Gathering. Wilmette, IL: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. pp. 79, 100. ISBN978-0-87743-360-6. OCLC854879783.
^See pictures of artists – second picture in series and caption – Mennillo, Tom; Baháʼí International Community (December 1, 2003). "South surges towards success". Baháʼí World News Service.