My shadow is my skin : voices from the Iranian diaspora / edited Katherine Whitney and Leila Emery.

The summer I disappeared / Jasmin Darznik -- Sacrifices / Iraj Isaac Rahmim -- Shadow nation / Cyrus M. Copeland -- Two minutes to midnight / Daniel Rafinejad -- When we were lions / Mehdi Tavana Okasi -- Fortune-tellers / Dena Afrasiabi -- Silkscreen / Omid Fallahazad -- Hookah, once upon a time (Pastiche after Roberto Bolaño) / Poupeh Missaghi -- Think of the trees / Leila Emery -- Pushing the boundaries / Dena Rod -- Uninvited guest / Roia Ferrazares -- The name on my coffee cup / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Negotiating memories / Amy Malek -- In praise of big noses / Persis Karim -- Transmutations of/by language / Raha Namy -- Gilad, my enemy / Salar Abdoh -- Two countries, one divided self / Roger Sedarat -- Mothering across the cultural divide / Katherine Whitney -- My mom killed Michael Jackson / Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh -- Am I an immigrant? / Roxanne Varzi -- 1916 days / Mandana Chaffa -- Culture beyond language / Leyla Farzaneh -- Forget me not / Shideh Etaat -- Errand / Babak Elahi -- The color of the bricks / Farnaz Fatemi -- Renounce and Abjure all allegiance / Renata Khoshroo Louwers -- Learning Farsi / Darius Atefat-Peckham -- Delam Tang Shodeh / Shireen Day -- Walking with Zahra / Layla Razavi -- Halva / Nazanine Attaran -- Her orange-blossom tea / Maryam Atai -- The Iranians of Mercer island / Siamak Vossoughi.

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"The Iranian Revolution of 1979 led to a wide diaspora, with many Iranians ending up in the United States. To mark the 40th anniversary of the revolution, the editors have brought together over 40 writers to reflect on the Iranian-American experience during this period through their personal narratives. Some of these authors migrated to the US as a result of the diaspora, some were born here to Iranian parents, and a few are connected to Iran by marriage. This multi-generational assemblage includes established authors, such as Tara Bahrampour, Jasmin Darznik, and Hooman Majd, as well as emerging writers whose voices shed fresh light on themes of identity, duality, and living as the "other" in 21st-century America. Under the shadow of renewed tensions with Iran due to the current political climate, it's important to hear the voices of Iranians and Iranian-Americans and to understand their experiences"-- Provided by publisher.

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