Nahid Rachlin

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My readings are posted below and more will be added as they come up. The readings are free (unless indicated otherwise)

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Dear Nahid... your book "Persian girls" is wonderfull. thanx to get that book to the world. I have sure that your history and your experience of life gave hope to many people... My name is Ricardo Valverde, and I´m a brazilian writter... bye

Dear Ricardo, Thank you so much for writing to me and giving me your feedback. It's so nice to hear a reaction from you as a reader. I hope you'll achieve whatever you are aiming for. Best wishes, Nahid

Dear Mrs. Rachlin, It was great reading your book 'Persian Girls' (in Dutch), especially because I grew up in Ahwaz too. My mother is Dutch, father Persian, and I had a quite modern upbringing, but I know what Iran is like. It was a wonderful book! By the way, can we expect any readings in Holland? There's a wonderful Iranian writer in Holland, his name is Kader Abdolah, a friend of ours. He writes beautifully, have you read any of his books? Regards, Mandana Stip-Akhbari, Holland

Hello, I wish I could come to Holland and meet you and your friend and give a reading. Thanks so much for writing and giving me your wonderful feedback. Nahid

Dear Nahid: In first place...sorry for my english! It's not good. My name is Íris and I'm 17 years old. I'm from Brazil. I'm sending a mensage for you because I loved your book "Persian Girls". "Garotas da Pérsia", in Portuguese. Your history is wonderful! I cried a lot. My reality is totally diferent, but I don't know explain, you and your book gave me HOPE that everything's gonna be alright. The life is not easy here in Brazil. It's my dream to study in U.S.A or in another country. I'm 17 and I don't have experience, so it's hard to get a job. But I want to start the university and find a good job to save money and finally study outside of Brazil. I hope to get that in 6 or 7 years, but I will. Thank you for the book! I don't know if you have others book, but in Brazil it's just one. But I hope to read another book from you to give me more and more hope! Take care..and thank you again. iristridico@yahoo.com.br

2008
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AUGUST

MASSACHUSETTS
Provincetown,Fine Arts Center, Monday 11, 7:00 P.M.- Reading PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
phone: 508.487.9960, ext.103
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SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK
Sleepy Hollow, NYC
Reading, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
September 28, Sunday
4:30 PM
THE HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS' CENTER
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591
Info: 914 332-5953
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OCTOBER

PENNSYLVANIA
University Park- Reading
October 23, Thursday
Reading, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
MFA Program
Department of English
143 Burrowes Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Info: 814-865-0009

NOVEMBER

CONNECTICUT
November 12, Wednesday, 12:30 PM- Reading
Three Rivers Community College
Norwich, CT
Info: 860-892-5738
more details later

IOWA
November 20, Thursday, 6:00 P.M.
Reading, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
Geisler Library
Central College
812 University St.
Pella, Iowa
Info: 641 628-5220
more details later
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2009

MARCH

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia- Reading
March 3, Tuesday, 6:00 PM
University of PenNsylvania
More details later
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APRIL

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Durham- Reading
MFA Program
University of New Hamphshire
More details later



MEMOIR
PERSIAN GIRLS (Penguin)
AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK(RELEASED ON JAN.2008-Penguin) REVIEW: NPR: The World, selected as ONE OF THE BEST FOUR BOOKS OF 2006, by Christopher Merrill, Director of Iowa International Writing program: "If you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran this is the book to read. Rachlin, the author of five previous works of fiction, including the much acclaimed Foreigner, begins her story at the age of nine, when she was taken away from the only mother she had ever known—her aunt, as it happens—and returned to a family in which the prospects of her becoming a writer were, at best, dim. But her portrait of the artist in an Islamic country on the verge of dramatic change is filled with light."
NOVELS
JUMPING OVER FIRE
"If, as Aristotle reminds us, we are our desire, then who are we if the object of our desire is forbidden? What becomes of us if we are born in one world yet long for another? These are just two of the complex and difficult questions Nahid Rachlin explores and ultimately illuminates in this brave, engrossing, and timely novel. I recommend it highly!"--Andre (Dubus III),author of House of Sand and Fog, and In the Bedroom
FOREIGNER
"... a rare intimate look at Iranians who are poorer and less educated... I have read (this book) four times by now, and each time I have discovered new layers in it. The voice is cool and pure. Bleak is the right word, if you will understand that bleakness can have a startling beauty."
--Anne Tyler, New York Times Book Review
SHORT STORIES
FORGET ME (Complete Story)
A part of a short story collection I am putting together.



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