San Antonio-based poet Marian Haddad and Persis Karim,
Austin, TX, 1/21/07.

Austin-based poet, translator and fiction writer, Zara
Houshmand, Austin, TX, 1/21/07 after reading at
BookPeople.

Samantha Schnee, editor of Words Without Borders, Zara
Houshmand and Persis Karim in Austin, TX, 1/21/07 in
Austin after book reading at BookPeople.

Nasrin Rahimieh, Roxanne Varzi, Persis Karim, Michelle Koukhab and Sholeh Wolpe at the UC Irvine Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies on 10/6/06.

Reading at Riverside Public Library with Sholeh Wolpe, Persis Karim, Tara Fatemi and Farnaz Fatemi, 10/5/06.

Sholeh Wolpe and Persis Karim at Redlands Performance Loft, 10/4/06.

Commonwealth Club of California Reading, Martin Luther
King, Jr. Library, San Jose, CA, August 31, 2006. l to
r: Persis Karim, Mojdeh Marashi, Shadi Ziaei, Farnaz
Fatemi, Sanaz Nikaein.

Politics and Prose reading, Washington, D.C., August
25, 2006. l to r: Tara Bahrampour, Esther Kamkar,
Persis Karim and Sheila Shirazi.

Society for Iranian Studies/Iran Heritage Society
Conference, London, England, 8/3/06. l to r: Hoda
Mohajerani, Mimi Khalvati, Sholeh Wolpe, Persis Karim.

Women and Children First Bookstore, Chicago, 7/11/06.
l to r: Persis Karim, Parissa Milani, and PAZ.

Women and Children First Bookstore Marquis, Chicago,
7/11/06. Larry Malley, Director of the University
of Arkansas Press with Persis Karim.

Contributing poet, Esther Kamkar, reading at June 21 Capitola event.

Tara Fatemi, reading from A World Between: Poems,
Short Stories and Essays by Iranian Americans, at
Capitola Book Cafe reading, June 21, 2006.

Riverside Public Library reading, June 18, 2006, sponsored by the Levantine Center. l to r: Elham Gheytanchi, Mehri Yalfani, Roxanne Varzi, Esther Kamkar, Sholeh Wolpe, Persis Karim.

Persis Karim reading at June 11 Anar event.

Persis Karim (third from left), along with contributors to Let Me Tell You Where I've Been and Anar group members at June 11 Anar event.

Mahru Elahi, Sanaz Nikaein, Persis Karim, Farnoosh Seiffodini, Haleh Hatami at June 10 Cross Connections event.

Al Young, Poet Laureate of California reading at the
California Poets Festival sponsored by the Poetry Center San Jose, May 30, 2006.