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INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS LITERARY SERIES:

Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: Women From Iran

Readings by Mahru Elahi, Haleh Hatami, Esther Kamkar, Persis M. Karim, Mojdeh Marashi, Sanaz Nikaein, Farnoosh Seifoddini, Shadi Ziaei & Roxanne Varzi

Live Music by Aleph Null

Tuesday, July 18, 7:30pm, $5-$15/Sliding Scale, (first-come, first-served)

Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, edited by Persis M. Karim, is an extensive collection of the poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of Iranian women whose lives have been shaped by history, exile, and immigration. In a time when Iran is cited daily in the news and political rhetoric is at an all time high, this collection offers a complex and humanizing literary expression. This evening features writers in the anthology, as well as music celebrating Iranian American culture in the Bay Area. This evening features eight writers in the anthology - Mahru Elahi, Haleh Hatami, Esther Kamkar, Persis M. Karim, Mojdeh Marashi, Sanaz Nikaein, Farnoosh Seifoddini, Shadi Ziaei & Roxanne Varzi - as well as Aleph Null, a live six-piece world music and jazz ensemble celebrating Iranian American culture in the Bay Area.

"[this book offers] a new alternative to the currently politicized and one-sided views on Iran." - Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita In Tehran

Intersection for the Arts

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INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS is San Francisco's oldest alternative art space and provides a place where provocative ideas, diverse art forms, artists and audiences can intersect one another. At Intersection, experimentation and risk are possible, debate and critical inquiry are embraced, community is essential, resources and experience are democratized, and today's issues are thrashed about in the heat and immediacy of live art. We depend on the support of people like you. Please help ensure Intersection's future for more years and become a Member today. To become a Member, simply visit our Website and click on the Donate Now icon at www.theintersection.org.

From: Allison Davis

Posted by 7rooz () at July 18, 2006 7:30 PM