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- Rooftops of Tehran
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- 2008
- Published by: Red Hen Press
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Rooftops of Tehran is a collection of poetry told from the perspective of a woman who has lived in the world of Persian-Islamic culture and immigrated to the United States. Wolpe writes with a keen insight into humanity the rich characters this world gives rise to.
Table of Contents
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- Section 1. Rooftop
- pp. 13-14
- I Was Sung into This World
- pp. 16-18
- Section 2. View from Above
- pp. 19-20
- The Cross-Eyed Girl
- p. 21
- Rain, Rain All Week
- p. 23
- Orphanage in Shiraz
- p. 25
- Tehran Treats
- p. 26
- She Forgot
- pp. 28-29
- Rooftops of Tehran
- p. 31
- Shimran Café Adventure
- pp. 34-35
- Sweet Sixteen
- p. 37
- Religious Education
- p. 41
- The Village Well
- p. 42
- By the Caspian Sea
- p. 43
- Suicidal Stars
- p. 44
- The Six-Fingered Man
- p. 49
- View from Above
- p. 52
- Section 3. The Tulips of Tehran
- pp. 53-54
- The Tulips of Tehran
- p. 55
- Censored Poem
- p. 56
- Daddy’s Key
- p. 57
- Telephoning a Poet
- pp. 58-59
- The Men, Plural
- p. 60
- After the Tsunami
- p. 64
- Eternal Prayer
- p. 67
- History Lesson
- p. 68
- Going Back to Iran
- pp. 69-70
- The Photograph
- p. 77
- And So It Goes . . .
- p. 80
- Holy Water
- p. 81
- The Outsider
- p. 82
- Moral America
- p. 83
- At Reno Airport
- pp. 84-85
- Los Angeles, 2007
- pp. 86-87
- The Deep Dive
- pp. 88-90
- Section 5. Defiance
- pp. 91-92
- Weed Killer
- pp. 94-95
- The Appointment
- p. 96
- Walking in the Woods
- p. 99
- That Desire Called Sin
- p. 100
- If Only We Could Hear Fish Sing
- pp. 101-102
- Section 6. Axing the Horses
- pp. 103-104
- Axing the Horses
- pp. 105-108
- Vocabulary
- p. 109
- References
- pp. 110-112
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597093941
Related ISBN(s)
9781597091107
MARC Record
OCLC
867793512
Pages
112
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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