I have just put down “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books” (It was a very disjointed book; I don’t recommend it unless you are an enormous fan of James, Nabokov, Austen, Fitzgerald. Even then, I believe her analysis of these works is somewhat cursory.) The book is about oppression during the Islamic Republic…
Here is a guest post I recently wrote for my friend Grace’s blog. Grace is featuring guest posts by fellow Gen Yers on the topic “What Inspires You?” in order to find out what makes Gen Y tick. I’m honored that she asked me to write a blog for her theme, and I am posting…
Recently, Grace invited me to write a guest post for her blog on “What Inspires You?” The topic really did get me thinking, and even inspired me further. One of the things I wrote about was writing itself. I’ve always been incredibly inspired by writing, and by words. I’ve grown up on poetry, and…