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Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 3, 2025

Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 31, 2024

Manufacturing Lies: Dina Nayeri on How Our Cultural and Bureaucratic Norms Often Betray the Truth

Manufacturing Lies: Dina Nayeri on How Our Cultural and Bureaucratic Norms Often Betray the Truth

Fiction/Non/Fiction">In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 6, 2023

Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Dina Nayeri on the Metaphors of Belief and Belonging

By Dina Nayeri | March 7, 2023

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Short Stories Centered on COVID-19

By Behind the Mic | January 15, 2021

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By Katie Yee | February 19, 2020

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A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

By Dina Nayeri | February 11, 2020

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By Emily Temple | December 3, 2019

The Art of Surviving a Move to New York

By Dina Nayeri | October 23, 2019

Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

"To this day, the name Hotel Barba fills me with dread and nostalgia."

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | September 3, 2019

Jasmin Darznik and Dina Nayeri on the 40th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution

Jasmin Darznik and Dina Nayeri on the 40th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution

Fiction/Non/Fiction">With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 8, 2019

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories from 2018

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories from 2018

From William Faulkner to Cave Exploration, and Much Much More

By Literary Hub | December 29, 2018

A Literal Hell Constructed for Children: Dina Nayeri on Family Separation

A Literal Hell Constructed for Children: Dina Nayeri on Family Separation

"What Happened to America’s Inner World?"

By Dina Nayeri | July 11, 2018

O. Henry Prize Winner: Dina Nayeri's 'A Ride Out of Phrao'

O. Henry Prize Winner: Dina Nayeri's 'A Ride Out of Phrao'

Originally Appeared in 'Alaska Quarterly Review'

By Dina Nayeri | May 21, 2015