Virginia Festival of the Book
The Virginia Festival of the Book is coming to Charlottesville, where Iris is located. Read on as we share fabulous new works by women we admire who are being featured in the festival this year. Our picks include fiction, poetry, food, memoir, and more. More >>
Iris Poetry: "First Waves"
Beth Paulson is the author of Wild Raspberries, forthcoming from Plain View Press in Spring 2009, as well as two earlier books of poetry and one of essays. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2007. More >>
Speaking Through the Veil: Thoughts on the Iran/America Divide
What do Iranian and American women have in common? We wear veils, both visible and invisible. The difficulty in our communication arises in our inability to understand the other’s unique veils. Farzeneh Milani, a Persian-American professor at U.Va., has lived in the U.S. for over forty years and believes in the power of stories to overcome our divisions. More >>
A Taste of Iran: Ghormeh Sabzi
Farzeneh Milani, currently on faculty at the University of Virginia in Studies in Women and Gender and Middle Eastern and South Asian Culture and Literature, hopes to see the divide between Iran and America bridged through cultural understanding. Enjoy a taste of her home country by preparing this recipe for Ghormeh Sabzi. More >>
