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Contents Introduction ix I. American HomeLand Other Mothers, Other Sons 3 Mehdi Tavana Okasi Murder in Holmby Hills (excerpted from The Pearl Canon) 19 Gina Nahai String 27 Dena Afrasiabi Tremors (excerpted from Tremors) 43 Erika Abrahamian Fixer Karim 53 Salar Abdoh The Calling 63 Nahid Rachlin Family Trouble 71 Taha Ebrahimi Sabzeh (excerpted from So Lifts the Eyelid of Life) 77 Omid Fallahazad Something to Pray For 93 Persis Karim The Sweet Dry Fruit of the Lotus Tree 103 J. Kevin Shushtari In the House of Desire, Honey, Marble, and Dreams 113 Porochista Khakpour The Story of Mehri and the Old Women Who Were Once Young 131 Laleh Khadivi II. Iran, Land of Resilience The Ascension (Me’raj) 147 Ari Siletz Excerpt from Sky of Red Poppies 167 Zohreh Ghahremani White Torture 183 Farnoosh Moshiri Excerpt from Unveiled 197 Jasmin Darznik Excerpt from Balcony of Desire 209 Maryam Mortaz Axing the Horses 217 Sholeh Wolpé Tehran Party (excerpted from Together Tea) 221 Marjan Kamali A New Assignment (excerpted from Equal of the Sun) 235 Anita Amirrezvani Keeping God (excerpted from an untitled novel) 245 Shideh Etaat Excerpt from Zahra’s Paradise 261 Amir and Khalil III. OtherLand The Wizard of Khao-I-Dang 279 Sharon May Excerpt from Say I Am You 293 Nassim Assefi The Sleeping 305 Leila Mansouri The Gingko Trees 321 Amy Motlagh Everything Gets Mixed Together at the Pueblo 327 Elizabeth Eslami Acknowledgments 339 List of Contributors 341 viii Contents ...

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