‘Malak’ Is Newest Collection Of Cerebral Musings From Poet Jenny Sadre-Orafai

The remains of Turkish coffee can signal an empty cup or it can be interpreted as a way to peer into the future, as Jenny Sadre-Orafai’s poem “Company” suggests.

“Malak,” her newest collection of poetry, was inspired by her grandmother. It explores the supernatural and what it means to be connected.

Sadre-Orafai said her parents describe her poems as “little movies.”