Nahid Rachlin reading Persian Girls

Persian Girls, Nahid Rachlin’s recently published memoir about her earlier life in Iran, has garnered excellent reviews. Christopher Merrill, the Director of Iowa International Writing Program, rates it as one of the best four books of 2006.<br>Nahid Rachlin’s earlier publications include four novels -- Jumping Over Fire (City Lights), Foreigner (W.W. Norton), Married to a Stranger(E.P. Dutton), and The Heart’s Desire (City Lights) -- and a collection of short stories, Veils (City Lights).<br>Her individual short stories have appeared in about fifty magazines, and several of her stories have been anthologized. Her essays and reviews have been published in Natural History Magazine, The New York Times, and Newsday.<br>Nahid Rachlin has taught at Barnard College and Yale University. She is currently teaching at the New School University and will be teaching at the Geneva Writers Conference in February 2008.<br>Persian Girls and Jumping Over Fire will be for sale at the reading, and Nahid Rachlin will be available for booksigning after the reading.<br><br> Contact Name: Babak Rahimi<br>Contact Phone: (858) 534-4618 Ext.<br>Contact Email: brahimi@ucsd.edu<br><br>This program is sponsored by UCSD, Department of Literature<br><br>Location: deCerteau Room, 155 Literature Building