The Iranian American author discussed her work at Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.

In her new memoir, Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi explains that she wants to “tell the story of a family that unfolds against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Iran's political and ...

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Things I've Been Silent About is the second memoir by the Iranian literary critic Azar Nafisi, author of the best-selling Reading Lolita in Tehran, and it does not begin auspiciously. Before we even ...

Azar Nafisi, the Iranian academic author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” will address a Philadelphia Speaker Series audience on Monday, Feb. 20. Now is your chance to ask her your questions. We’ll pass ...

Readers entranced by Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, her 2003 memoir about literature and intellectual freedom in Iran, will be equally fascinated by her new memoir, Things I've Been Silent ...

Scott Simon speaks with author Azar Nafisi about her new book, "Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times." Azar Nafisi's new book is on what it means to 'Read Dangerously ...

This episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project” features Azar Nafisi, author of the acclaimed “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books.” In her lecture, Nafisi discusses Iranian literature ...

“Republic of Imagination” uses literary classics to explore perceptions of creativity. In Azar Nafisi’s new book, “Republic of Imagination,” the Iranian author uses American literary classics to ...

It’s hard to believe we live in a time when books are routinely banned in the U.S., removed from library shelves and sent someplace where they can’t influence impressionable young minds. Then again, ...

Little more than an hour after three ninth circuit Federal judges ruled that a district judge’s restraining order on the Trump administration’s travel ban would not be lifted, AWP 2017 keynote speaker ...

The title of Azar Nafisi's second memoir, "Things I've Been Silent About," which follows "Reading Lolita in Tehran" (2003), her fierce paean to the liberating power of literature, raises expectations ...