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A World Between: Poems, Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans

by Persis Karim

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Publisher Comments:

Wide-ranging and deeply personal, this anthology explores the Iranian-American community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America.

Table of Contents

  1. Foreword /DonnĂ¢e Raffat
  2. Introduction /Persis M. Karim and Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami
  3. Namaz /Arash Saedina
  4. Nowruz /Arash Saedina
  5. Dastet dard nakoneh /Arash Saedina
  6. Yeki bud, yeki nabud /Arash Saedina
  7. Ta'rof /Arash Saedina
  8. Shab bekher /Arash Saedina
  9. Donya Hamineh /Arash Saedina
  10. Cheshmetun rowshan /Arash Saedina
  11. Takhteh-nard /Arash Saedina
  12. Piri bad ast /Arash Saedina
  13. My turn /Tara Fatemi
  14. I ain't no American beauty rose /Tara Fatemi
  15. Five p.m. express /Tara Fatemi
  16. My fifties-theme birthday party /Tara Fatemi.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780807614457
Subtitle:
Poems, Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans
Editor:
Karim, Persis
Editor:
Karim, Persis
Editor:
Khorrami, Mehdi M.
Editor:
Khorrami, Mehdi M.
Editor:
Khorrami, Mehdi M.
Publisher:
George Braziller
Location:
New York :
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Anthologies (multiple authors)
Subject:
American literature
Subject:
Literary collections
Subject:
American literature (collections)
Subject:
American - Asian American
Subject:
Iranian Americans.
Subject:
Iranian Americans -- Literary collections.
Subject:
American literature -- 20th century.
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Date:
February 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
286 p.
Dimensions:
8.97x6.00x.82 in. .95 lbs.

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