Research Catalog

Title

Let me tell you where I've been : new writing by women of the Iranian diaspora / edited by Persis M. Karim.

Publication

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Karim, Persis M.
• Iran Heritage Foundation.

Description

xxix, 349 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• American literature > Iranian American authors
• American literature > 21st century
• American literature > Women authors
• Iranian Americans > Literary collections
• American literature > 20th century

Note

• "In association with the Iran Heritage Foundation."

Contents

Autumn letter / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Home stories / Zara Houshmand -- Dokhtar-e Amrika-i / Farnoosh Seifoddini -- Dokhtar-e Irani / Farnoosh Seifoddini -- Separation / Farnaz Fatemi -- The sun is a dying star / Niloofar Kalaam -- En route to Persepolis / Amy Motlagh -- Timing / Sheila Shirazi -- Against the kitchen white wall / Michelle Koukhab -- Road trip / Shahrzad Zahedi -- The break / Gelareh Asayesh -- Home / Shadi Ziaei -- Persian Princess Insania / Leyla Momeny -- Naderi / Amy Motlagh -- Where does my language lie? / Zjaleh Hajibashi -- Inheritance / Mitra Parineh -- Revolution 1979 / Tara Bahrampour -- Portland, Oregon 1979 / Tara Bahrampour -- With a little help from my friends / Firoozeh Dumas -- Another quiet new year / Nika Khanjani -- My brother at the Canadian border / Sholeh Wolpe -- 1979 / Paz -- Captions / Layli Arbab Shirani -- Arrivals and departures / Sharon L. Parker -- Excerpt from to see and see again / Tara Bahrampour -- For tradition / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Sister / Farnaz Fatemi -- Twin / Farnaz Fatemi -- The Persian bath / Michelle Koukhab -- A love song / Parinaz Eleish -- Pomegranates / Persis M. Karim -- Passover / Amy Motlagh -- Ajun / Mahru Elahi -- Next year in Cyprus / Tarssa Yazdani -- Recovery / Nasrin Rahimieh -- Baba's passing - February 2005 / Persis M. Karim -- Joys of a simple meal / Esther Kamkar -- Raw walnuts / Negin Neghabat -- The camel and the cantaloupe / Michelle Koukhab -- Ode to the eggplant / Persis M. Karim -- Torches / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Avenue Vali Asr / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Woman's duty / Tara Fatemi -- The next day is always so still / Nika Khanjani -- Waiting for Ulysses / Laleh Khalili -- The woman has veto power / Haleh Hatami -- On the rooftop / Farnoosh Moshiri -- If you change your nose / Leyla Momeny -- Iranian women / Mojdeh Marashi -- Love in a time of struggle / Azadeh Moaveni -- Becoming a woman / Elham Gheytanchi -- The world was a couple / Katayoon Zandvakili -- The gift / Marjan Kamali -- The execution of Atefeh / Persis M. Karim -- Bad / Sanaz Banu Nikaein -- Summoning / Haleh Hatami -- Masouleh / Parinaz Eleish -- Words to die for / Esther Kamkar -- Fariba's daughters / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Lower Manhattan / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Another day and counting / Zara Houshmand -- Axis of evil / Persis M. Karim -- How lucky persimmons are / Parinaz Eleish -- Mamaan-Bozorg / Farnoosh Seifoddini -- In the gutter / Sanaz Banu Nikaein -- The witness / Roxanne Varzi -- American again / Parissa Milani -- Butcher shop / Sholeh Wolpe -- Iranians v. Persians / Sanaz Banu Nikaein -- Invitation to the hungry ghosts / Zara Houshmand -- When toys are us / Beatrice Motamedi -- As good as any other day / Parinaz Eleish -- Dawn on the fall equinox / Persis M. Karim -- Instilling shock and awe / Farnoosh Seifoddini -- Summer day / Parinaz Eleish -- Sestinelle for travelers / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- The best reason to write a poem is still for love / Farnaz Fatemi -- Perfectly parallel mirrors / Laleh Khalili -- Money buys / Sanaz Banu Nikaein -- Once / Zjaleh Hajibashi -- Excerpt from stones in the garden / Layla Dowlatshahi -- Stripes / Katayoon Zandvakili -- Magical chair of nails : becoming a writer in a second language / Roya Hakakian -- Us four / Sanaz Banu Nikaein -- The eglantine deal / Katayoon Zandvakili -- The sandcastle / Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet -- Ghazal / Mimi Khalvati -- Mandala at Manzanar / Zara Houshmand -- Beyond / Persis M. Karim -- Only the blue remains unchanged / Parinaz Eleish -- Night conversations (deep are these distances) / Susan Atefat-Peckham -- Do you miss me? / Roya Hakakian -- Lost Karbala / Haleh Hatami -- Sing / Farnoosh Seifoddini -- Earth and water / Zara Houshmand -- Tales left untold / Aphrodite Desiree Navab -- Because of hands and bread / Esther Kamkar -- Soleiman's silence / Mehri Yalfani -- Standing in a mosque contemplating faith / Farnaz Fatemi -- Sabze / Zarreh -- Years later / Parinaz Eleish -- Native / Amanda Enayati -- Unpacking / Zara Houshmand -- Blessing / Mimi Khalvati -- Green world through broken glass / Haale -- A return / Kandi Tayebi -- Blood / Azin Arefi -- 13 days / Parissa Milani -- Ari / Mahru Elahi -- Let me tell you where I've been / Persis M. Karim -- Cardamom and hell / Haleh Hatami -- Nazr / Zara Houshmand.

ISBN

• 1557288194 (alk. paper)
• 1557288208 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2006003032
• 9781557288202 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC

• OCM63245513
• SCSB-5253929

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries