Nahid Rachlin

Nahid Rachlin received her MFA at Stanford University. Her publications include a memoir, Persian Girls, four novels, Jumping Over Fire, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger, and The Heart’s Desire as well as a collection of short stories, Veils.

Blog posts by Nahid Rachlin:

The Son-in-Law
A flut­ter of anx­i­ety shook Mina as she heard her hus­band Majid and their son-in-law Don­ald in the back­yard, talk­ing in not quite agree­able tones. “Stop, … Continue reading The Son-in-Law →

Mother Love
Bijan woke to the voice of the muezzin call­ing peo­ple to prayers, fell asleep again, and then woke to his mother’s qui­et voice in the liv­ing … Continue reading Mother Love →