Foreword, Persis Karim Introduction LIGHT/SHADOW The Summer I Disappeared, Jasmin Darznik Sacrifices, Iraj Isaac Rahmim Shadow Nation, Cyrus M. Copeland Two Minutes to Midnight, Daniel Rafinejad When We Were Lions, Mehdi Tavana Okasi Fortune-Tellers, Dena Afrasiabi Silkscreen, Omid Fallahazad Hookah, Once upon a Time (Pastiche after Roberto Bolaño), Poupeh Missaghi Think of the Trees, Leila Emery Pushing the Boundaries, Dena Rod Uninvited Guest, Roia Ferrazares CODING/DECODING The Name on My Coffee Cup, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Negotiating Memories, Amy Malek In Praise of Big Noses, Persis Karim Transmutations of/by Language, Raha Namy Gilad, My Enemy, Salar Abdoh Two Countries, One Divided Self, Roger Sedarat Mothering across the Cultural Divide, Katherine Whitney My Mom Killed Michael Jackson, Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh Am I an Immigrant?, Roxanne Varzi 1,916 Days, Mandana Chaffa Culture beyond Language, Leyla Farzaneh MEMORY/LONGING Forget Me Not, Shideh Etaat Errand, Babak Elahi The Color of the Bricks, Farnaz Fatemi Renounce and Abjure All Allegiance, Renata Khoshroo Louwers Learning Farsi, Darius Atefat-Peckham Delam Tang Shodeh, Shireen Day Walking with Zahra, Layla Razavi Halva, Nazanine Attaran Her Orange-Blossom Tea, Maryam Atai The Iranians of Mercer Island, Siamak Vossoughi Acknowledgments Contributors.