The New York Times “First Person” Podcast Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviews Dina
NPR’s “All Things Considered” Juana Summers interviews Dina
NPR features Who Gets Believed? as their Book of the Day
CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine(Canada) Amil Niazi interviews Dina Nayeri
The New Statesman “The World Review” interviews Dina about the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran
The Guardian Books gives Who Gets Believed (WGB) a rave review, calling Dina a ‘masterful storyteller”: “Instantly gripping. . . will cement Nayeri’s position as a master storyteller of the refugee experience.”—Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian
The Observer reviews Who Gets Believed: “Ardent, harrowing. . . An elegant telling of truth to power.”—Stuart Jeffries, The Observer
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Shahidha Bari interviews Dina Nayeri
BBC Radio 5 Laura McGhie, presenter Salma El-Wardany interviews Dina Nayeri
Times Radio ‘Hugo Rifkind Show’ live interview
Talk Radio Europe, ‘Let’s Talk’ with Giles Brown live interview
Monocle Meet the Writers, Georgina Godwin interviews Dina Nayeri
FANE interview with Oliver Bullough
Standard Issue podcast interviews Dina Nayeri
WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show”(NYC) interviews Dina Nayeri (live)
KERA’s “Think”(Dallas NPR) interviews Dina about the book
WYXR “Let’s Get Coffee”podcast (Memphis) SunAh Laybour interviews Dina Nayeri
New Books Podcast “The Academic Life” interviews Dina Nayeri
Lit Hub’s Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast interviews Dina Nayeri
Ms. Magazine interviews Dina Nayeri
Columbia University Journal interviews Dina Nayeri
Perspective Magazine reviews WGB: “A brilliant whole. Ultimately, it is Nayeri’s forensic examination of her own life, and willingness to expose her own conditioning and interactions with those close to her, that produces the most intense passages. She really does want to get at the truth – and in doing so shows remarkable courage.”
The Saturday Evening Post and Steph Opitz recommend WGB as a spring read
Arab News recommends WGB as a book to read this week: “A groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies [and] truths.”—Arab News
Washington Independent Review of Books reviews WGB: “a juggernaut of a work that forces readers to rethink on whom we bestow credibility, and why. It’s an important book, and the best thing may be to shelve a copy in every section of the store.” – Washington Independent Review of Books
New York Journal of Books reviews WGB: “a fine storyteller with accounts that enlighten, entertain, and clearly elucidate. . . It is a must read for anyone… wishing to see reality as it is, not as we hope it is.”— New York Journal of Books
The Markaz Review reviews WGB: “a testament to the power of words and their ability to decide the fate of a life, or many lives.” —Mischa Geracoulis, The Markaz Review
TIME picks WGB as a best book of March
Hello India Magazine includes WGB on their list of books they can’t wait to read in 2023: “An illuminating (and shocking) reflection on the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another in society” —Salva Mubarak, Hello India
Esquire included WGB in a roundup of the Best Books of Winter and said, “[A] powerful, clarifying book.”
Library Journal gave WGB a rave review, saying, “Few books are as erudite, comprehensive, and intensely personal all at once. This is a riveting read that will be of interest to many… anyone who loves unconventional memoirs and beautiful writing.”
LitHub included WGB in their Most Anticipated
Electric Literature included WGB in their most anticipated books by women of color
Publishers Weekly reviewed WGB and called it “wide-ranging and provocative”
Kirkus gave WGB a great review, saying, “An unflinching, compelling look at how ‘calcified hearts believe’—and disbelieve.”
Shondaland interviews Dina: “This engrossing book ultimately makes the case for empathy…and for thinking critically about who does and doesn’t get believed.”—Sarah Neilson, Shondaland
Lighthouse Bookshop – Read Think Act series interviews Dina Nayeri
Portobello Bookshop recording Roxani Krystalli interviews Dina Nayeri live