List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-11-04

Poetry Center San Jose is proud to present an evening of poetry and discussion featuring Iranian-American artists Persis Karim, Zara Houshmand, and Katayoon Zandvakili.

The event will take place on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 7:30pm in Room #225 of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, located on the San Jose State University campus.

Persis Karim is an assistant professor at San Jose State University, co-editor and co-author of A World Between: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian-Americans (George Braziller, 1999), and co-editor of a second anthology "Let Me Tell You Where I Have Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (forthcoming).

Zara Houshmand is an award winning translator of Bijan Mofid's plays as well as playwright of The Future Ain't What It Used to Be and In Xanadu.

Katayoon Zandvakili is author of the poetry collection Deer Table Legs (University of Georgia Press, 1998). The title poem of Deer Table Legs appeared in Pushcart Prize XXIV (2000). Her work has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies.

From: Abby Pennington, Poetry Center San Jose (abvpenn@earthlink.net)

Please pay attention that our next two sessions are held:
Tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 4) and after two weeks (Thursday, Nov. 18).
There will be no session between them (i.e. no session on Nov. 11).
Please inform those friends who do not get our email.

One real world is enough

Santaana


In our 5th session on "Persian Love Stories" we will continue reading from Nezami's
Khosro and Shireen.

Place: St. Catherine's Anglican church
1058 Ridgewood Drive
Edgemont Village,
North Vancouver

Date: Thursday Nov. 4 , 2004
Time: 7: 45 ( gather 7: 45 , talk 8.00) To 9: 40 pm.
Reception: Chai, Coffee & Shirini.
Please sign-in at tea-break.