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The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons

The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library


The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

ratings:
Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Co-presented with the Levantine Cultural Center The Pomegranate Lady and Her SonsGoli TaraghiIn conversation with author Reza Aslan The In her new collection of selected stories, Taraghi—one of Iran’s best-known and most critically acclaimed authors—draws on her childhood experiences in Tehran, adult exile in Paris, and subsequent returns to post-revolution Tehran . Her stories are, as Azar Nafisi writes, “filled with passion, curiosity, empathy, as well as mischief—definitely mischief.” Listen in as Taraghi shares from The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons, made fully accessible to the English-speaking audience for the first time. *Click here to see photos from the program!
Released:
Nov 5, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

ALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.