• June 7, 2009 – Sunday's at Sunny's 7th Anniversary Party
  Reading at 3pm with Irina Reyn and Julie Metz. http://www.sunnysredhook.com/index.html

• April 18, 2009 – Recognizing the Other: The Mysteries of Iran, Egypt, and Memory with Roger Sedarat, Manijeh Nasrabadi and Joyce Zonana, 8pm, at Bnai Keshet, 99 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ

• April 17, 2009 – The Association of Iranian American Writers presents New Stories from Iranians in America, 7pm, with Said Sayrafiezadeh, Taha Ebrahimi, Solmaz Sharif and Javad Mohsenian at the Asian American Writers' Workshop.

  February 17, 2009 – KGB Non-Fiction Presents Iran Night with Manijeh Nasrabadi, Sohrab Mohebbi, Charlotte Noruzi and Hooman Majd.
  http://www.kgbbar.com

• November 16, 2008 – Memoir: Readings at Riverspace, Nyack, NY, 4:00pm. This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
  http://www.riverspace.org
  

• November 8, 2008 – 16 W. 32nd Street, Suite 10A, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 6:00pm
  Iranian American Writers: The Next Generation. Sponsored by: the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, ArteEast (arteeast.org) and the Association of Iranian American Writers (iranianamericanwriters.org). Featuring: Porochista Khakpour, author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects; Roger Sedarat, author of Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic; Aphrodite Désirée Navab, author of Tales Left Untold and Re-Collecting Iran; Manijeh Nasrabadi, author of Souvenir
  
  
• February 20, 2008 – Reading at Bowery Poetry Club, 6:30pm
  Sponsored by Persian Arts Festival
  http://www.persianartsfestival.org
  
  
• April 23, 2008 – Reading at KGB Bar, 7:00pm
  http://www.kgbbar.com/bar
  
  
• May 16, 2008 – "Refresh: Emerging Asian American Storytellers" at Asian American Research Institute’s CUNY Conference on Asian American Women, 9:50–10:50am
  http://www.aaari.info/2008women.htm
  
  
• June 11, 2008 – Reading at Bowery Poetry Club, 6:30pm
  http://www.bowerypoetry.com
  
  
• June 18, 2008 – Reading at Terraza Café with Kym Ragusa and Jade Sanchez-Ventura, 7:00pm
  Sponsored by Momentos de…
  http://www.terrazacafe.com
  
  
• June 21, 2008 – Association of Iranian American Writers brainstorming brunch
  
  
• October 1, 2008 - Bluestockings
  http://www.bluestockings.com
  
  
• October 23, 2008 – Reading at Hunter College, 7:00pm
  About Face Book Launch
  http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/creativewriting/calendar.shtml
  

Tea house under Khaju Bridge, Esfahan
(© M.N. 2004)