23: The Iranian Revolution at 40: Jasmin Darznik and Dina Nayeri On the Anniversary of the Republic

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Iranian-American novelists and memoirists Jasmin Darznik and Dina Nayeri talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. How has the country changed in four decades, and what is it like to write about the preceding and subsequent history?

Guests:Jasmin DarznikDina Nayeri

Readings for the Episode:Jasmin DarznikThe Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden LifeSong of a Captive Bird***Dina NayeriA Teaspoon of Earth and SeaRefugeThe Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell YouThe ungrateful refugee: ‘We have no debt to repay’, April 4, 2017, The Guardian 

Others: Forugh Forrokhzad 

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