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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790107003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-61075-233-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KarimPersis M
• Disciplina: 810.8/092870899155
• Soggetti: American literature - Iranian American authors; American literature - Women authors; American literature - 20th century; American literature - 21st century; Iranian Americans
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "In association with the Iran Heritage Foundation."
• Nota di contenuto: ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""GRTITUDES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Home Stories""; ""Autumn Letter""; ""Home Stories""; ""Dokhtar-e Amrika-i""; ""Dokhtar-e Irani""; ""Separation""; ""The Sun Is a Dying Star""; ""En Route to Persepolis""; ""Timing""; ""Against the Kitchen White Wall""; ""Road Trip""; ""The Break""; ""Home""; ""Persian Princess Insania""; ""Naderi""; ""Where Does My Language Lie?""; ""Inheritance""; ""Revolution 1979""; ""Portland, Oregon 1979""; ""With a Little Help from My Friends""; ""Another Quiet New Year""; ""My Brother at the Canadian Border""; ""1979""; ""Captions""""Arrivals and Departures""; ""From To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America""; ""For Tradition""; ""For Tradition""; ""Sister""; ""Twin""; ""The Persian Bath""; ""A Love Song""; ""Pomegranates""; ""Passover""; ""ajun""; ""Next Year in Cyprus""; ""Recovery""; ""Babaâ€?s Passingâ€?February 2005""; ""Joys of a Simple Meal""; ""Raw Walnuts""; ""The Camel and the Cantaloupe""; ""Ode to the Eggplant""; ""Torches""; ""Womanâ€?s Duty""; ""Avenue Vali Asr""; ""Womanâ€?s Duty""; ""The Next Day Is Always So Still""; ""Waiting for Ulysses""; ""The woman has veto power""; ""On the Rooftop""""If You Change Your Nose""; ""Iranian Women""; ; ""Love in a Time of Struggle""; ""Becoming a Woman""; ""The World Was a Couple""; ""The Gift""; ""The Execution of Atefeh""; ""Bad""; ""Summoning""; ""Masouleh""; ""Words to Die For""; ""Faribaâ€?s Daughters""; ""Axis of Evil""; ""Lower Manhattan""; ""Another Day and Counting""; ""Axis of Evil""; ""How Lucky Persimmons Are""; ""Mamaan-bozorg""; ""In the Gutter""; ""The Witness""; ""American Again""; ""Butcher Shop""; ""Iranians v. Persians""; ""Invitation to the Hungry Ghosts""; ""When Toys Are Us""; ""As Good as Any Other Day""""Dawn on the Fall Equinox""; ""Instilling Shock and Awe""; ""Summer Day""; ""Beyond""; ""Sestinelle for Travelers""; ""The Best Reason to Write a Poem Is Still for Love""; ""Perfectly Parallel Mirrors""; ""Money Buys""; ""Once""; ""From Stones in the Garden""; ""Stripes""; ""Magical Chair of Nails""; ""Us Four""; ""The Eglantine Deal""; ""The Sandcastle""; ""Ghazal""; ""Mandala at Manzanar""; ""Beyond""; ""Only the Blue Remains Unchanged""; ""Tales Left Untold""; ""Night Conversations (Deep Are These Distances)""; ""Do You Miss Me?""; ""Lost Karbala""; ""Sing""; ""Earth and Water""""Tales Left Untold""; ""Because of Hands and Bread""; ""Soleimanâ€?s Silence""; ""Standing in a Mosque Contemplating Faith""; ""Sabze""; ""Years Later""; ""Native""; ""Unpacking""; ""Blessing""; ""Green World through Broken Glass""; ""A Return""; ""Blood""; ""13 Days""; ""Ari""; ""Let Me Tell You Where Iâ€?ve Been""; ""Cardamom and Hell""; ""Nazr""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""