My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices
Press release from Beacon Books [Word doc]

Interviews

• "Publishers finding Iran is a hot read," Interview by Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sept. 24, 2007

• Interview by Anna Clark for the Center for New Words - June 26, 2007

•"An Existential Threat?"
Columbia Magazine, Spring 2007 Open PDF

• "Dialogue Can Help Iran," A conversation with Lila Azam Zanganeh for Quaderni Radicali 97/98 - July-October, 2006 Open PDF

• "Lila, Intellectualite, Peripatetic Nabakovian," Profile by Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New York Observer - May 22, 2006 Open PDF

• Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh by Enzo Mangini, Carta - April 28, 2006 Open PDF [In Italian]

• Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh by Guido Caldiron, Liberazione - March 15, 2006 Open PDF [In Italian]

• Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh by S. Luisa de Marillac, Avvenire - March 15, 2006 Open PDF [In Italian]


Events/Appearances

Lila took part in the panel LOLITA in AMERICA in New York this fall, and discussed the burning of books in a talk titled "Destroy and Forget: The Secret of Durable Pigments." A description of the panelists can be found here.

• Lila moderated three panels at the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival: Fiction from Fact, Crossing Borders, and The Publisher, the Poet, the Editor, and his Novels. Her author page for the even can also be found here - May 2–3, 2008

• Lila took part in the first edition of the International Forum of the Novel, in Lyon, France, acting as the moderator for the round-table discussions: "I as primary matter," "Literature and trauma: from past to present violence," and "Confronting the reality of our characters; a novelist's view" - May 30 - June 3, 2007

• Lila appeared on a panel for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs at their annual conference in Atlanta. The discussion: Can literature bridge the widening chasm between the Middle East and the West? - Atlanta, Georgia - Feb. 28, 2007

• Interview by Maria Hinojosa for "NOW" on PBS - Dec. 1, 2006

• "Ravello Festival," Ravello, Italy - Aug. 16, 2006

• "Soiree D'Autore," Approdo alla lettura, Pontile del Lido di Ostia, Roma, Italy - July 20, 2006

More...

Radio

Interview by Nicola Lecca for "Settimo binario" on Radio RAI Sardegna - Dec. 15, 2007

• Interview/Discussion on "The Democrats' New Reading List" for Radio Open Source on WBGH/PRI (Nationally Syndicated) - Nov. 9, 2006

• Interview by Emiliano Errico on Radio Sole 24 - July 28, 2006

• Interview by Veronica Rueckert on WERN - July 25, 2006

• Interview by Jim Fleming for "To the Best of Our Knowledge" on WBFO - June 30, 2006

• Interview with John Batchelor on WABC - May 24, 2006

• "Background Briefing" on KPFK - May 14, 2006

More...


All photos by Hank Gans, © 2006. Please notify upon publication.





Reviews

"L'orrore e la poesia abitano a Teheran"
Nicola Lecca, L'unione Sarda
July 23, 2007 Open PDF
[In Italian]

Review in Yomiuri Weekly
April 22, 2007 Open PDF
[In Japanese]

Review in Asahi Newspaper
April 15, 2007 Open PDF
[In Japanese]

Review in Mainichi News
April 8, 2007 Open PDF

[In Japanese]

Review in Shukan Bunshun
April 5, 2007 Open PDF
[In Japanese]

"My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices." Jaswinder Gundara, Multicultural Review
Winter 2006 Open PDF

"Discoveries: My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes." The Los Angeles Times

June 4, 2006

"Voices in the Darkness"
Essays by Iranian intellectuals reveal the complexity of life caught between the mullahs and modernity
Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek International
April 24, 2006 Open PDF

"An Account of Life in the Galaxy of Iran"
Stefano Cenci, Il Manifesto
April 18, 2006 Open PDF
[In Italian]

Review in Watermark Books
Mark David Bradshaw, Watermark Books
April 12, 2006

Booklist Review
Booklist Online
April 1, 2006 Open PDF

"Modern and Transgressive Iran"
Fabio di Chio, Il Tempo
March 21, 2006 Open PDF
[In Italian]

Publisher's Weekly Review
Publisher's Weekly
March 2006 Open PDF

"Beneath the Veil, Iran's New Wave"
Tommy Cappellini, Il Giornale
March 9, 2006 Open PDF
[In Italian]

"O Chβteaux"
Bernard Frank, Le Nouvel Observateur
Jan. 22, 2004 Open PDF
[In French]

"Le mur de l'Atlantique"
Catherine Portevin, Tιlιrama
Feb. 20, 2002 Open PDF
[In French]

"L'impossible sagesse du 11 Septembre"
Francis Cornu, Le Monde
Feb. 9, 2002 Open PDF
[In French]

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