CFP: Voices of Iranian Diaspora (3/15/98; anthology)

Voices of the Iranian Diaspora: Writing by First and Second Generation
Iranian-Americans

Fiction Poetry Essays

Call for Submissions for an upcoming anthology:

        The year 1998 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the Iranian
revolution (1978-79) which ousted the Shah of Iran and ushered in a new
political and social system in Iran. The Iranian revolution led to massive
social upheaval but also resulted in the mass migration of Iranians to a
number of countries in the West. A signficant number of Iranians went into
exile in Europe and the U.S., while many others left their country and
homes voluntarily, hoping that after a time they would be able to return to
Iran. But the establishment of the Islamic Republic and the eight year
Iran-Iraq war gradually made it clear that many of those Iranian
expatriates and exiles would not return. Nearly one million Iranians now
live in the U.S. with the largest population residing in Los Angeles. What
has become of these first and second generation Iranians and how have they
come to identify themselves in the midst of the necessary adjustments to
language, culture and politics? How have the children of Iranian immigrants
come to think of themselves as Iranian and American?

        To mark the anniversary of this migration and the establishment of
an Iranian community/ethnic group in the U.S. and to represent the diverse
expression of Iranian experience and identity in this country, an anthology
of writing by first and second generation Iranian/Iranian-American writers
will be published. We are seeking publishable writing for a forthcoming
collection that creatively addresses the diverse experiences of Iranians
and Iranian-Americans born in and/or living in the U.S. Your contribution
could focus on issues relating to identity, immigration, clash of cultures,
political or religious identity, gender issues, and alienation in the
aftermath of the Iranian revolution of 1978-79, as well as any other
aspects of living in and/or growing up in two cultures. The scope of this
anthology is to give voice to as many expressions of "Iranianness" as
possible. All submissions are welcome, but poetry and fiction is
particularly encouraged. Please send a hard copy (double-spaced) of your
submission for review; it must be written in or translated into English.
Please include your name, address, and email address along with your
submission. You will be notified of the acceptance of your submission by
June 1, 1998.

Deadline: March 15, 1998

Send submissions to:

Persis Karim or Mehdi Khorrami
English Department (B5000) Middle Eastern Studies
University of Texas at Austin 50 Washington Square South
                                                New York University
Austin, TX 78712 New York, NY 10012-1073
persis_at_mail.utexas.edu

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