BBC
Dina’s The Waiting Place Schools project, supported by the University of St Andrews and described here and here featured on the BBC
Morgunblaði
The Ungrateful Refugee launched in Iceland with an interview in the front page of a major Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaði (
New York Magazine
Dina reports for New York Magazine about the groundbreaking work for two Iranian researchers who claim that Iran is secular
The Boston Globe Horn Book Award
Dina’s children’s book The Waiting Place is a Boston Globe Horn Nonfiction Award Honor Book
Refugee Support EU
Dina has joined the Trustees at Refugee Support EU
Vogue UK
Read Dina’s piece on displacement (an excerpt of the afterward for The Waiting Place) in Vogue UK
The Guardian
Read Dina’s review of Miriam Toews’s Fight Night in The Guardian
Radio Times (BBC World Service)
Dina’s in-depth interview with Henrietta Bowden-Jones about memory and uprooting (BBC World Service) was chosen for Radio Times Highlight of the Week
Paines Plough Women’s Prize in Playwriting
Dina’s first play Yellow Teeth (a version of which was excerpted by The Old Vic as part of their One Voice series) was shortlisted for the Paines Plough Women’s Prize
Geschwister Scholl Preis 2020
Check out Dina’s interview with Abendzeitung München and the press conference when she accepted the Geschwister Scholl Preis 2020
Northwestern University Qatar One Book
Dina’s novel Refuge was chosen for Northwestern University Qatar’s One Book selection
Boston College Lowell Humanities Series
Dina was speaker for the Lowell Humanities series at Boston College
Longreads Outstanding Stories 2020
Dina’s short story “The Pinch” is among Longreads 10 outstanding short stories for 2020
Best American Short Stories 2021
Dina’s short story “Bad Faith” was a Best American Short Stories 2021 notable
The New York Times
Read Dina’s short story in The New York Times Decameron Project anthology (now a book!)
The Gifts of Reading
Read Dina’s essay in Robert McFarlane’s The Gifts of Reading anthology for Room to Read
The Stranger’s Guide Tehran
Read Dina’s essay in The Stranger’s Guide Tehran
Anonymous Sex
Read Dina’s short story in the anthology Anonymous Sex (but you won’t know which she wrote!)
The Lonely Stories
Read Dina’s essay in the The Lonely Stories anthology
Refugee Tales IV
Read Dina’s account of Suleyman’s story in the Refugee Tales IV anthology
Geschwister Scholl Preis 2020
Watch the press conference for The Ungrateful Refugee, winner of the 2020 Geschwister Scholl Preis in Germany
American Library in Paris
Watch Dina in conversation with Alice McCrum about truth and lies in creative nonfiction, at the American Library of Paris, where Dina was a fellow in 2021
Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Watch Dina in conversation with activist Alice Barbe at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris, where Dina was a fellow in 2019-2020
University of St. Andrews
Dina will be joining the permanent faculty at the University of Saint Andrews School of English in December 2021!
The New York Times Book Review
Read Dina’s review of Rabih Alameddine’s novel The Wrong End of the Telescope in The New York Times Book Review
American Library in Paris
Dina is the fall 2021 Fellow at American Library in Paris!
Old Vic Theatre
Watch Dina’s monologue produced by the Old Vic Theatre’s One Voice series (HOME?) curated by Noma Dumezweni and adapted from Dina’s first play Yellow Teeth
English Touring Theatre
Listen to Dina’s short play “We Still Have Our Feet” produced by The English Touring Theatre and featured on the “Wanderlust” episode of That Podcast hosted by Nish Kumar
English Touring Theatre
Listen to Dina’s interview on the “Kindness of Strangers” episode of That Podcast (with the English Touring Theatre) hosted by Chris McCausland
Talking Migration
Listen to Dina’s interview on the Talking Migration podcast
Borderline
Listen to Dina’s interview on Borderline podcast
Cosmopolitan
The Ungrateful Refugee is among Cosmopolitan’s best books on immigration
Longreads
Dina’s short story “The Pinch” is among The Long Read’s 10 outstanding short stories 2020
Philanthropy Age
Read an excerpt of The Ungrateful Refugee on Philanthropy Age
Geschwister Scholl Preis 2020
Watch Dina’s Press Conference for the Geschwister Scholl Preis
NYPL
Listen to Dina read Persian poems alongside other writers and artists for NYPL’s A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry
CBC Radio
Listen to Dina discuss Rilke on CBC Radio
The Sacred
Listen to Dina discuss displacement and faith on The Sacred Podcast
Elle
The Ungrateful Refugee is a finalist for Elle Grand Prix Des Lectrices
The Believer
Read a review of The Ungrateful Refugee along with Laila Lalami’s Conditional Citizens in The Believer Magazine
The Guardian
Listen to Dina’s viral 2017 essay “The Ungrateful Refugee” read by Lara Sawalha on The Guardian Long Read podcast
The New York Times
The Ungrateful Refugee makes NYT’s Paperback Row
Geschwister-Scholl-Preis
The Ungrateful Refugee has been awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis 2020
Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices
The Ungrateful Refugee is a finalist for the Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices 2021
Die Zeit
The Ungrateful Refugee is #3 in the 2020 Die Zeit Best Nonfiction List
RFI (French radio)
Listen to Dina’s interview with RFI (French Radio)
RCJ (French radio)
Listen to Dina’s interview on RCJ (Radio Communité Juive, France)
Roundup from Europe
Read this roundup of reviews and interviews and prize announcements from France, Germany, and Austria: Elle, La Fringale Culturelle, Libération, La Croix magazine, Le Soir, Sud-Ouest, Der Standard, Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandfu
The Kenyon Review
Read Dina’s short story “Bad Faith” in the Sept/Oct 2020 issue of The Kenyon Review
ARD TTT
Watch Dina talk about the German edition of THE UNGRATEFUL REFUGEE on the German television show ARD TTT, August 30, 2020
Arte Twist
Watch Dina talk about the German/French editions of THE UNGRATEFUL REFUGEE on the German and French television show Arte Twist, August 30, 2020
Clara Johnson Award
The Ungrateful Refugee won the 2020 Clara Johnson Award
New York Times Magazine
Read Dina’s short story “The Cellar” in The New York Times Magazine’s Decameron Project
Refugee Support
Visit Refugee Support, a charity that Dina often writes about because it gives #aidwithdignity. Here’s a sample of The Ungrateful Refugee that the charity shared
Book Shambles
Listen to Dina talk about writing, feminism, and refugees on Book Shambles
My America
See Dina and other immigrant writers talk about identity, exile, and literature on American Writers Museum “My America” online
Kojo Nnamdi Show
Listen to Dina talk about confinement and lessons from wartime on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU (DC) and NPR
The Washington Post
Read Dina’s essay in The Washington Post on sheltering pleasures in wartime
The Guardian
Read The Guardian’s top 25 Coronavirus distractions, including Dina’s ‘The Ungrateful Refugee’
The New York Times Book Review
Read Dina’s Review of Then the Fish Swallowed Him by Amir Ahmadi Aryan in The New York Times Book Review
The Financial Times
Read Dina’s piece “How to Be Believed” in The Financial Times
Los Angeles Times
Read Dina’s essay on refugees and shame (first published in The Los Angeles Times) in Repubblica (Italy)
Los Angeles Times
The Ungrateful Refugee is a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist!
MPR
Listen to Dina’s interview on MPR on breaking down refugee stereotypes
Episcopal Migration Ministries
Listen to Dina’s interview with Episcopal Migration Ministries
ACT Test
Dina’s work will soon be a part of the ACT test. Of course, that’s all we can say about that!
The Guardian
Read Dina’s recommendations for novels on immigration in The Guardian
La Stampa
If you’re in Italy, read Dina’s interview in La Stampa
The Believer
Read Dina’s schema “How to woo a Persian with song” in The Believer (illustrated by Kristen Radtke)
The New York Times
Read Dina’s short story “The Pinch” recommended in The New York Times cooking
The Guardian
Read Dina’s review of Rodaan Al Galidi’s Two Blankets Three Sheets in The Guardian
New York Post
The Ungrateful Refugee is among New York Post’s best books of 2019
Kirkus
The Ungrateful Refugee is among Kirkus best of 2019
The Guardian
Dina’s piece on how a Korean sport helped an Iranian girl feel more American is chosen for The best of the Guardian Long Read in 2019
Image Journal
Read Dina’s interview with Image Journal
LAPL Radio
Listen to Dina dust off her Farsi for an interview with Ramin Naderi of On Air with LAPL Radio
My America
See Dina in “My America”, a special exhibit exploring the work of contemporary immigrant & refugee writers in America at American Writers Museum in Chicago
PBS News Hour
Watch Dina’s IMHO segment on PBS Newshour: on the distinction between migrants and refugees
Harvard Alumni Magazine
Read Dina’s interview in the Harvard Business School alumni magazine
MO* magazine
Read Dina’s interview with Belgium’s Mo Magazine
PRI’s Live Wire Radio
Listen to Dina on Live Wire Radio!
Condé Nast Traveler
Listen to Dina on Condé Nast Traveler “Women Who Travel” podcast
Guernica
Read Dina’s interview in Guernica
Flow Magazine NL
Read Dina’s spread in Flow Magazine (in Dutch, German, or English)
Vrij Nederland
Read Dina’s interview in Vrij Nederland (Dutch)
Literary Hub
Read Dina’s essay “The art of surviving a move to New York” in Literary Hub
Condé Nast Traveler
Read Dina’s interview in Condé Nast Traveler
Los Angeles Review of Books
Read Dina’s interview with Los Angeles Review of Books
CSPAN
Watch video of Dina’s panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival on CSPAN
The Guardian
Read Dina’s piece on refugee writing in The Guardian’s “Further Reading” column
Glasgow Women’s Library
Listen to Dina on the Glasgow Women’s Library podcast
The American Scholar’s Smarty Pants
Listen to Dina on The American Scholar’s Smarty Pants podcast
KUOW The Record
Listen to Dina on KUOW The Record with Bill Radke
Time
Read Dina’s essay “Waiting is a boot on your neck” in Time
Bloom
Read Dina’s interview with Bloom
Kirkus
The Ungrateful Refugee is a finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize!
AM2DM
Watch Dina on Buzzfeed’s AM2DM’s Rebel Womxn segment (starting at 37:12)
SiriusXM radio
Listen to Dina on SiriusXM radio!
Literary Hub
Read an excerpt of The Ungrateful Refugee in Literary Hub
The Brian Lehrer Show
Listen to Dina on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC
NYLON
Read Dina’s interview with NYLON
PRI’s The World
Listen to Dina discuss some of what immigrants won’t say with PRI’s The World
France 24 Morning Edition
Watch Dina’s interview on France 24 Morning Edition
The New York Times
Read The Ungrateful Refugee reviewed in The New York Times
The New York Times
Read Dina’s review of Carolina De Robertis’s Cantoras in The New York Times
Electric Literature
Read Dina’s interview with Electric Literature
Longreads
Read Dina’s essay in The Long Read “When your social worker thinks you’re Ungrateful”
KIRKUS
Read Dina’s Kirkus profile
BBC4
Listen to Dina talk about her consulting days on BBC4
NIAC
Read Dina’s IAAuthor Series interview with NIAC (National Iranian American Council)
Indie Next
The Ungrateful Refugee has made the September 2019 ABA Indie Next List!
Fiction-Nonfiction
Listen to Dina and Jasmin Darznik talk about refugees, war, and the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution on Lit Hub’s Fiction-Nonfiction Podcast
T-Magazine
Read Dina’s flash fiction “A Migration” for T-Magazine
BBC World Service
Listen to Dina talk about Trump, refugees, and gratitude on BBC World Update
CNN/PBS
Watch Dina interviewed by Christiane Amanpour on CNN and PBS
Slate
Read Dina’s article Why They Fear Ilhan Omar in Slate
Lit Hub
The Ungrateful Refugee is one of Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2019
Monocle
Listen to Dina on Monocle Radio Meet the Writers
BBC Radio
Listen to Dina on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking (Preti Taneja with Guy Gunaratne, Dina Nayeri, Michael Rosen, Momtaza Mehri & Deena Mohamed).
Guardian Long Read
Listen to Dina read her taekwondo story from Guardian Long Read on a podcast! ‘I wouldn’t be the refugee, I’d be the girl who kicked ass’
Guardian
Listen to Dina talk about being a refugee with Pajtim Statovci on Guardian Books podcast
WHYY
Listen to Dina talk about Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric on WHYY Radio Times
Standard Issue
Listen to Dina talk about refugees on Standard Issue podcast
Guardian
Dina’s Guardian Long Read “Kick First, Kick Hard, Kick Fast, Kick Last” (about how a Korean sport made an Iranian girl feel more American) has been re-issued in Guardian Weekly with illustrations!
BBC4
Listen to Dina speak about Iran and refugees on BBC4 The World Tonight (40:30)
Los Angeles Times
Read Dina’s essay “For a refugee, the sharpest sting is everyday shame” in The Los Angeles Times
Grazia
Read Dina’s essay “Things you only know if you grew up a refugee” in Grazia UK
The Guardian
Read Dina’s Long Read “Kick First, Kick Hard, Kick Fast, Kick Last” in The Guardian
Granta
Read an excerpt of Dina’s narrative nonfiction book The Ungrateful Refugee in Granta
The Guardian
Dina was photographed among prominent refugees by Jillian Edelstein for Refugee Week 2019
The Guardian
Read Dina’s review of “The Farm” by Joanna Ramos for The Guardian
Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Dina was selected as a 2019-2020 Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination Fellow
The New York Times Book Review
Read Dina’s review of Jamil Jan Kochai’s 99 Nights in Logar and Alessandro D’Avenia’s What Hell is Not in The New York Times Book Review
The Displaced
Dina’s essay The Ungrateful Refugee has been anthologized in Viet Nguyen’s The Displaced.
The Guardian
Read Dina’s review of Mohammad Hanif’s Red Birds in The Guardian.
The Atlantic
Read Kristen Radtke’s beautiful tribute to loneliness in The Atlantic, featuring a drawing and story of one of Dina’s loneliest moments.
The Guardian
Read Dina’s essay “A Place Called Kindness” for Guardian Weekend about her visit to two refugee camps in Greece.
The New York Times
Refuge in The New York Times paperback row.
Lit Hub
Read Dina’s essay “A Literal Hell Constructed for Children” on Lit Hub (selected as Staff Pick).
Paul Engle Prize
Dina Nayeri named 2018 Paul Engle Prize Winner
NYPL—SimplyE Collections
Read “A Ride out of Phrao” (Dina’s 2015 O. Henry Prize Story) on NYPL’s SimplyE Collections on the NYC subway!
Best American Short Stories
Dina’s short story “A Big True” published in the summer 2017 issue of The Southern Review was selected for Best American Short Stories 2018 by Roxane Gay.
Lincoln School
Read about Dina’s keynote speech at the Future is Feminist conference at the Lincoln School where she spoke on empathy and language.
Alaska Quarterly Review
Read Dina Nayeri’s short story “The Woman in Bed Fifteen” in the Winter-Spring 2018 issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
The New York Times Book Review
Read Dina’s review of Jasmin Darznik’s novel Song of a Captive Bird in The New York Times Book Review.
The Guardian
Read Dina’s review of David Chariandy’s novel Brother in The Guardian Books.
Watertown
Read this thought provoking article from WBUR about Refuge, immigration, and Dina’s visit to Massachusetts for the 10th annual One Book One Watertown event.
One Book One Watertown
Refuge was chosen by Watertown, MA as the One Book One Watertown selection for 2017
Grazia
Read Dina Nayeri’s article Non Ci Accontenteremo di Briciole di Liberta (about the December 2017 hijab
protests in Iran) in Grazia Magazine.
The Yale Review
Read Dina Nayeri’s short story “The Pinch” in the Winter 2018 issue of The Yale Review
ABRAMS PRESS
Dina’s essay “The Ungrateful Refugee” to be published in The Displaced, a collection of refugee essays edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen
HuffPost
Refuge featured in HuffPost’s 21 Of The Best Feminist Books Of 2017
The New Republic
Dina Nayeri writes the introduction for Simone Tramonte’s photo essay, “Small Acts of Subversion” in The New Republic.
The Guardian
The Ungrateful Refugee featured in The Guardian’s The best of the Long Read in 2017.
Refugee Support Europe
Listen to a podcast with Dina Nayeri on Refugee Support Europe.
BBC Radio 4
Listen to Dina Nayeri on A Picture Held Us Captive, on BBC Radio 4.
Morning News Tournament
REFUGE was chosen for the Morning News Tournament of Books long list.
Bon Magazine
Read “Inside the Perimeter,” an interview and photo shoot for Bon Magazine.
The New Yorker
Refuge reviewed in The New Yorker, Briefly Noted.
Conjunctions
Read Dina Nayeri’s short story, “Pedalo” in the Fall 2017 issue of Conjunctions titled “Being Bodies”.
Canongate Books
The Ungrateful Refugee, a book of narrative nonfiction about the refugee experience in the West, has been acquired by Canongate Books.
The New York Times Book Review
Refuge reviewed in the The New York Times Book Review.
The New York Times
Refuge reviewed in the The New York Times,
Dina Nayeri’s ‘Refuge’ Follows the Reinvention of an Exile.
The New York Times
Refuge is a The New York Times Editor’s Choice.
The Guardian
Read Dina Nayeri’s article Yearning for the end of the world in The Guardian.
Refinery 29
Read Dina Nayeri’s article Can An Author Write About Their Parents? in Refinery 29.
MPR
Listen to an interview with Dina Nayeri on MPR,
What it’s like to be an immigrant in a time of uncertainty.
NPR
Listen to Dina Nayeri’s interview
‘Refuge’ Captures Divide Between Father And Daughter Through Lens Of Immigration on NPR.
CNN
Watch Dina Nayeri on CNN’s “Connect the World”.
The Center for Fiction
Read Dina Nayeri’s article
The Book That Made Me a Reader: Dina Nayeri on Behrangi, Golding, and Ishiguro
on The Center for Fiction.
Electric LITERATURE
Read an Excerpt from Refuge
A Story About What A Thrice-Divorced Man Took for Granted on Electric Lit.
Largehearted Boy
Listen to Dina Nayeri’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Refuge on Largehearted Boy.
The Millions
Refuge featured in The Millions’ Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2017 Book Preview.
Read it Forward
Read Dina Nayeri’s essay On Lying and Auto-Fiction on Read it Forward.
Guernica
Read an excerpt from Refuge in Guernica.
The Southern Review
Read Dina Nayeri’s short story A Big True in The Southern Review.
BookPage
Read an interview with Dina Nayeri
Somewhere safe in a callous world on BookPage.
Los Angeles Times
Read Dina Nayeri’s article
The indoctrination of a young girl for The Los Angeles Times.
The New York Times
Read Dina Nayeri’s review of
A Good Country for The New York Times.
The New Yorker
Read Dina Nayeri’s article
My Father in Four Visits Over Thirty Years in The New Yorker.
Time
Refuge was included in the June 12 issue of Time, where it’s featured as one of
“Seven New Novels That Will Take You Around The Globe”.
BookPage
Refuge was on BookPage’s “Trend Report” for the “12 Best Novels of Immigrants and Refugees”.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune included Refuge in their Big Summer Books recommendation guide.
W Magazine
Refuge is featured as one of the “Beach Reads” in the June/July issue of W Magazine!
The Guardian
Read Dina Nayeri’s article “I made a statistical game out of dating: could I crack the formula for love?”, in The Guardian.
CBC Radio
Listen to Dina Nayeri’s interview on The Current about “the ungrateful refugee”.
The Guardian
Read Dina Nayeri’s article The ungrateful refugee: ‘We have no debt to repay’ in The Guardian.
Electric Literature
Read Dina Nayeri’s article How Love Ends: Scenes from a Refugee Hotel in Electric Literature.
The New York Times
Read Dina Nayeri’s article After London Attack, Living Between Cultures in the The New York Times.
Electric Literature
Read Dina Nayeri’s story “A Faded Sense” included in Electric Literature’s picks for The Five Stages of Grief.
Electric Literature
REFUGE included in 34 Books by Women of Color to Read this Year.
New York Magazine
Read Dina Nayeri’s article An ugly snow day at Harvard Business School in New York Magazine.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
Visit Dina Nayeri’s National Endowment For The Arts Writer’s Corner Page.
The New York Times Magazine
Read Dina Nayeri’s article My Divorce, My Father, My Mistake in The New York Times Magazine.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
Dina Nayeri has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for 2016.
Epoch Magazine
Dina’s essay “Scenes from a Refugee Hotel” was published in Epoch Magazine.
Marie Claire
Read Dina’s article “The Naked Truth: My Total Vulnerability Experiment” in Marie Claire.
Travel and Leisure
Read Dina’s article “Red Light, Green Light: Amsterdam’s Changing Red Light District” in Travel and Leisure.
The O. Henry Prize Stories
Dina’s short story “A Ride out of Phrao” chosen for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015
Vice
Read Dina Nayeri’s article The Complicated Beauty of the Persian Nose in Vice Magazine.
Electric Literature
Read Dina Nayeri’s short story A Faded Sense on Electric Literature (Recommended Reading).
Wall Street Journal
Read Dina Nayeri on Keeping Up with Her Peace Corps Mom for the Wall Street Journal.
Los Angeles Review of Books
Read Dina Nayeri’s review of The Pomegranate Lady and her Sons for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Alaska Quarterly Review
Dina Nayeri’s “A Ride out of Phrao” is the lead short story in the
Fall & Winter 2013 issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Vice
Read Dina Nayeri’s article The Most Intimate Sense: Notes from a Fragrant Book Party on Vice.
The Daily Beast
Read Dina Nayeri’s article An Exile Searching for Home on The Daily Beast.
Brooklyn Quarterly / Salon
Read Dina Nayeri’s piece on Persian idioms in The Brooklyn Quarterly and Salon.com.
Buzzfeed
Dina Nayeri’s publisher Riverhead voted “most feminist publisher” (The New Republic). See the list of sensational women writers.
Project Gravitas
Project Gravitas campaign with writers Dina Nayeri, Jen Percy and Mira Jacob to support Afghan Women’s Writing Project.
Penguin Blog
Read Afternoons in the Stacks, by Dina Nayeri on the Penguin Blog.
Marie Claire
Read Dina Nayeri’s article Back in the Game on Marie Claire.
Guernica/PEN
Read Dina Nayeri’s flash fiction piece, Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo, in Guernica/PEN.
Donna Moderna
Read Dina Nayeri’s interview in Donna Moderna (Italy).
Best American Non-required Reading
Dina Nayeri’s short story Arya published in Alaska Quarterly Review was chosen as a notable story for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013.
The Best American Short Stories
The excerpt of A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea published in The Southern Review was chosen as a notable story for The Best American Short Stories 2013.
Salon
Read Dina Nayeri’s article Wall Street needs an MFA on Salon.
Chicago Tribune
Read Dina Nayeri’s interview in the Chicago Tribune.
Elle
Dina Nayeri featured in Elle Magazine (France).
Fréquence Protestante
Listen to a radio interview with Dina Nayeri, Dina’s French editor Déborah Kauffmann, and Dina’s translator Valérie Bourgeon on Fréquence Protestante (France).
LA Croix
Dina Nayeri featured in La Croix Magazine (France).
Woman
Dina Nayeri featured in Woman Magazine (Germany).
Archetype Interview
Archetype interview with Dina Nayeri on The House of the Mosque.
PBS Video
Dina Nayeri discusses her work and the writing process with Host Alberto Rios.
Reuters Q & A
Read Q & A with Dina Nayeri on Reuters – Book Talk: Story of the twin sister left behind in Iran.
Nova Planet
Listen to podcasts on Nova Planet: La Valise & Le Contrôle Douanier de Nova.
Prairie Lights
Watch Dina Nayeri read at Prairie Lights
Author Magazine
Watch an interview with Dina Nayeri at AuthorMagazine.org.
Writer’s Digest
5 Unexpected Lessons From Inside The Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
The Lit Show
Dina Nayeri discusses her debut novel, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea on The Lit Show.
Center for Fiction
Read Dina Nayeri’s piece On Writing Space for Writers on Writing/centerforfiction.org.
The Atlantic
Dina Nayeri featured in the series By Heart in The Atlantic.
Salon
Dina Nayeri’s article Divorce from my best friend on Salon.
Milli Millu Confidential
Dina Nayeri featured on Milli Millu.
Art Info Interview
Read the Art Info Interview: How I Write: Dina Nayeri.
International Women’s History Month Literary Festival
Dina Nayeri discusses the intersection of place, time and culture in literature and in the lives of women at the International Women’s History Month Literary Festival. Listen to the podcast here.
DC Spotlight
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is on DC Spotlight’s “Top 10 February Books to Know”.
Literary New England Radio
Listen to Dina Nayeri and NBCC nominees on Literary New England Radio.
Radio National
Listen to an interview with Dina Nayeri on Radio National.
Library Journal
Dina Nayeri Discusses Authenticity and Research at ALA Midwinter.
Vogue Magazine
Daughter of the Revolution: An Interview with Dina Nayeri in the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Vogue magazine.
Book Notes Series Playlist
Read about Dina Nayeri’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea. You can also stream the playlist at Spotify.
Vanity Fair Magazine
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea featured in the March 2013 “Hot Type” section of Vanity Fair magazine.
Discover Great New Writers
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea has been chosen for the Barnes & Noble Spring 2013 Discover Great New Writers Program.
Bust Magazine
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea reviewed in the February/March 2013 issue of Bust magazine.
Cosmopolitan Magazine
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea featured in the February 2013 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Triquarterly
Story “Akh Joon” in the Winter 2013 issue of Triquarterly
Michigan Quarterly Review
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea Excerpt in the Winter 2012 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review.
The Southern Review
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea Excerpt in the Spring 2012 issue of The Southern Review.
Alaska Quarterly Review
Short story “Arya” in the Fall 2012 issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Granta New Voices: Dina Nayeri
Excerpt from work in progress published in Granta New Voices You can read an interview with Nayeri here.