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Vol. 86 Nbr. 3, July 2010

The Voice of the Revolution

Inside Iran

Khadivi and Abrahamian features the genesis of art in a repressive society of Iran. They say that Iran's repression has ruled in one form or another for the last half century and still, the voice of the people rings out around it. In the aftermath of the June 2009 elections the men and women of Iran did not pick up guns or knives, did not fashion small homemade explosives, did not terrorize mosques or public spaces. No, they took to the streets and joined their voices in chants while the stre...

Lust, Devotion, & the Binary Code: A Memoir of Sex in Iran

Mohammadi recounts her physical relationship despite the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a young weary couple looking for a room in a hotel with no rings in their fingers--unmarried, they were asked for the official documents confirming that their relationship to each other is legitimate. They were drunk but the hotelier agreed to give them accommodations without paperwork, at some risk to his own livelihood because even with separate rooms, as a lone, single woman, she should have a...

After You

A poem is presented.

Their Black Imaginings: Letters From an Exiled Wife to Her Imprisoned Husband

Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour had been pursuing his doctorate at Oxford alongside his wife, Fatemah Shams, when Mir Hossein Mousavi's presidential campaign began to gain momentum. Though Jalaeipour was a devout Muslim and had come from a renowned family of martyrs and academics, he believed in Mousavi's more moderate and fair approach to government. He designed Mousavi's website and directed much of his online campaigning from England, before returning with his wife for the elections. When violenc...

If You Didn't Kill the Cuckoo Bird: A Short Story

A short story is presented.

Should I Have Known

A poem is presented.

How to Build a Bomb

A poem is presented.

Leaving Trinity

Donovan narrates his visit at Trinity in New Mexico, site of the world's first atomic bomb explosion. While he expected to feel the kind of live pulse while visiting Trinity's crater, instead, standing on the scarred soil of one of the twentieth century's hubs, he'd felt only the banal throb of distance and void. At the ranch, though, something changes when he steps into what was labeled the Plutonium Assembly Room. Despite the thick crowds and near-constant click of disposable cameras, despi...

Richard Feynman at Los Alamos

A poem is presented.

Late Morning, Almost Noon

A poem is presented.

The Autobiography of Fidel Castro

Collins reviews The Autobiography of Fidel Castro written by Norberto Fuentes and translated by Anna Kushner.

Parrot & Olivier in America

Barsanti reviews Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey.

Mark Twain's Book of Animals

Fry reviews Mark Twain's Book of Animals edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin.

Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty

Ringo reviews Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland.