Trigger warnings for rape and intimate partner violence. One of the most useful questions I […]
Censoring an Iranian Love Story, by Shahriar Mandanipour
The metaphor of diving into a book like diving into water has never seemed so […]
The Ungrateful Refugee, by Dina Nayeri
Trigger warnings for discussion of rape and suicide. When she was eight years old, Dina […]
The Stationary Shop, by Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali’s The Stationary Shop is not a perfect book, but it is one of […]
Lands of Lost Borders, by Kate Harris
Kate Harris says near the beginning of her book, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds […]
Moon Brow, by Shahriar Mandanipour
The Qur’an has mentions two angels that record a person’s life, the kiraman katibin. One angel, […]
Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi
At the beginning of Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi and translated by Tina Kover, we sit down in the […]
Eternal Life, by Dara Horn
What is a human life worth? For a mother like Rachel, the protagonist of Dara […]