On Thursday, March 6, at 6 PM, join us at the Kelly Writers House for “Contemporary Iranian-American Fiction: Five Women, Five Books.”



Co-sponosored by KWH’s ongoing series, “Writers Without Borders” & by the Middle East Center, the Philadelphia Free Library, the departments of NELC, History & English, Penn Women’s Center & others.



Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet’s novel, Martyrdom Street, is set during the revolutionary year of 1979. It details the lives of three women and their intertwining stories of love, loss, betrayal and hope.



Parochista Khakpour is the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects. Her novel reveals a tale of immigrant identity, assimilation, and the universal struggle of sons to define themselves in the shadow of their fathers.



Marjan Kamali recently released her debut novel, Together Tea. The work follows an Iranian-American mother, Darya, and her daughter, Mina. Their story is one of family, love and finding the place you truly belong.



Persis Karim is the editor, along with Anita Amirrezvani, of Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers. The collection combines a multitude of works ranging from poetry to non-fiction and represents a diverse group of voices.



Anita Amirrezvani’s work, The Blood of Flowers, is the mesmerizing historical novel of an ill-fated young woman whose gift as a rug designer transforms her life.