Contents
Introduction
I. American HomeLand
Other Mothers, Other Sons / Mehdi Tavana Okasi
Murder in Holmby Hills (excerpted from 'The Pearl Canon') / Gina Nahai
String / Dena Afrasiabi
Tremors (excerpted from 'Tremors') / Erika Abrahamian
Fixer Karim / Salar Abdoh
The Calling / Nahid Rachlin
Family Trouble / Taha Ebrahimi
Sabzeh (excerpted from 'So Lifts the Eyelid of Life') / Omid Fallahazad
Something to Pray For / Persis Karim
The Sweet Dry Fruit of the Lotus Tree / J. Kevin Shushtari
In the House of Desire, Honey, Marble, and Dreams / Porochista Khakpour
The Story of Mehri and the Old Women Who Were Once Young / Laleh Khadivi
II. Iran, Land of Resilience
The Ascension (Me’raj) / Ari Siletz
Excerpt from 'Sky of Red Poppies' / Zohreh Ghahremani
White Torture / Farnoosh Moshiri
Excerpt from 'Unveiled' / Jasmin Darznik
Excerpt from 'Balcony of Desire' / Maryam Mortaz
Axing the Horses / Sholeh Wolpé
Tehran Party (excerpted from 'Together Tea') / Marjan Kamali
A New Assignment (excerpted from 'Equal of the Sun') / Anita Amirrezvani
Keeping God (excerpted from an untitled novel) / Shideh Etaat
Excerpt from 'Zahra’s Paradise' / Amir and Khalil
III. OtherLand
The Wizard of Khao-I-Dang / Sharon May
Excerpt from 'Say I Am You' / Nassim Assefi
The Sleeping / Leila Mansouri
The Gingko Trees / Amy Motlagh
Everything Gets Mixed Together at the Pueblo / Elizabeth Eslami
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors