TIme for ‘Reading Tehran With Lolita’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.22.08 | 11:10 AM ET
Or something like that. World Hum contributor Jeff Biggers argues in The Huffington Post that “now is the time for universities, schools and literary organizations—and publishers—across the country to begin the process of breaking the ice in people-to-people diplomacy and cultural exchange” with Iran. American readers, he writes, should pick up some good Iranian literature this summer, starting with Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature.
Related on World Hum:
* Rick Steves on his Iran Trip
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Marilyn Terrell 07.24.08 | 11:03 AM ET
Another good intro to Iran is the August cover story in National Geographic, which examines the Persian roots of the modern nation:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/iran-archaeology/del-giudice-text