Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing

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Talking through the Door Arab American Writing Other titles in Arab American Writing Bread Alone Kim Jensen Loom: A Novel Thérèse Soukar Chehade Love Is Like Water and Other Stories Samia Serageldin The Man Who Guarded the Bomb: Stories Gregory Orfalea Modern Arab American Fiction: A Reader’s Guide Steven Salaita My Name on His Tongue: Poems Laila Halaby The New Belly Dancer of the Galaxy: A Novel Frances Khirallah Noble Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America Evelyn Shakir Through and Through: Toledo Stories, 2d ed. Joseph Geha Talking through the Door An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing E d i t E d b y Susan Atefat-Peckham Foreword by Lisa Suhair Majaj Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2014 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244–5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2014 14 15 16 17 18 19 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978–0-8156–3347–1 (cloth) 978–0-8156–5260–1 (e-book) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Talking through the door : an anthology of contemporary Middle Eastern American writing / edited by Susan Atefat-Peckham ; foreword by Lisa Suhair Majaj. — First edition. pages cm. — (Arab American writing) Collected works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by chiefly Arab Americans and Iranian Americans. ISBN 978-0-8156-3347-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-5260-1 (ebook) 1. American literature—Arab American authors. 2. American literature— Iranian American authors. 3. American literature—20th century. I. Peckham, Susan Atefat, 1970–2004, editor of compilation. II. Majaj, Lisa Suhair. PS508.A67T38 2014 810.8'08927—dc23 2014015246 Manufactured in the United States of America For My Dear Son Darius We talked through the door. I claimed a great love and that I had given up what the world gives to be in that love. —Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks ...