A group of writers, poets and web publishers have attended a workshop at University of California, Irvine, to initiate the “inaugural discussion” for the Association for Iranian American Writers (AIAW). Organized by Nasrin Rahimieh and Persis Karim, the event included talks by Porochista Khakpour [ Video], Gina Nahai [ video], Anita Amirrezvani [ video], Haleh Hatami [ video], Zara Houshmand, Sholeh Wolpé, Jasmin Darznik, Majid Naficy, Sepideh Saremi, Ari Siletz, Majid Amini, Esther Kamkar, Parissa Ebrahimzadeh, Shireen May, and myself. See Manijeh Nasrabadi report, “Getting organied“. 123 next › last » 
