Iranian American Fiction (Complete)

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Iranian American Fiction (Complete)

NEW YORK, December 4, 2013 — Iranian American writers Salar Abdoh, Anita Amirrezvani, Persis Karim, and Dalia Sofer offer a counter-narrative to prevailing discourses about Iran, being Iranian American and the immigrant experience. Moderated by writer and translator Nahid Mozaffari. (1 hr., 30 min.)

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