Lailee McNair Bakhtiar
Lailee McNair Bakhtiar, Eastport resident, has spoken at the United Nations “World Peace Prayer Conference” at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at the United Nations, New York, New York, inspiring her poetry book, Mending Nations. She led a poetry reading section at the Allen Ginsberg “Poetry Café” for the San Francisco Book Fair, read at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival poetry tent, and was selected by the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. for her poetry and short story book, The Roses of Isfahan, and Chai poetry for their Book Fair.
Nationally, Lailee hosted PBS TV “Authors & Critics” for 10 years, interviewing over 400 writers. A poet and collaborative visual artist with her mother, Parveen McNair (Parveen McNair Art 2024 YouTube), of illustrated book covers, both Lailee and Parveen were members of the Annapolis Arts Alliance at its founding. Lailee has won over 33 awards for her writing in 10 books, including numerous awards for individual poems. She has received literary grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, MSAC, and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, ACAAC. Lailee McNair Bakhtiar’s newest books of poetry are:
- Severn Sky Sonnets & Poems, 2024
- City Dock Poetry, Second Pprinting 2024
