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Aria Minu-Sepehr
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Aria Minu-Sepehr

Aria Minu-Sepehr moved with his family to the United States following the fall of the shah of Iran in 1979. He is an adjunct professor of English, founder of the Forum for Middle East Awareness, and a public lecturer in fields related to Iran and the Middle East. He lives in Oregon with his wife and two daughters.

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We Heard the Heavens Then will be released on April 23, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Judith Barrington and Cecilia Hagen, Aria Minu-Sepehr, Paul McCartney: Wednesday in Books
Oregonian, April 17, 2013
...Colony announced that the spring selection of the Oregon Book Club is "We Heard the Heavens Then" by Aria Minu-Sepehr. The book is a memoir of the author's childhood in Iran and was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award. A review in The Oregonian praised...
2013 Oregon Book Awards Finalists Announced
Portland Monthly Magazine, January 7, 2013
...of Portland, Seeing Ezra (Seal Press) Storm Large of Portland, Crazy Enough (Free Press) — Read our review . Aria Minu-Sepehr of Corvallis, We Heard the Heavens Then (Free Press) Cheryl Strayed of Portland, Wild (Knopf) — Read our review . ...
Local writer is Oregon Book Award finalist; another gets grant
Statesman Journal, January 7, 2013
...Luis Rodriguez Kerry Cohen of Portland, Seeing Ezra (Seal Press) Storm Large of Portland, Crazy Enough (Free Press) Aria Minu-Sepehr of Corvallis, We Heard the Heavens Then (Free Press) Cheryl Strayed of Portland, Wild (Knopf) Ceiridwen Terrill...
Library lines, 6/17
San Angelo Standard-Times, June 16, 2012
...means to be a man" by Tony Dungy "We heard the heavens then" a memoir of Iran by Aria Minu-Sepehr FICTION "A ship for the king" by Richard Woodman (large print) "A suitor for Jenny" a romance by Margaret Brownley "Afraid to die" by Lisa Jackson "An angel...
'We Heard the Heavens Then' review: The year a young Iranian boy's life changed forever
Oregonian, June 9, 2012
...WE HEARD THE HEAVENS THEN Aria Minu-Sepehr Free Press $25, 240 pages In the early months of 1979, Islamic revolutionaries deposed Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran. The dictator, a close ally of the United States, fled...
Free writers workshops offered at library in May
Corvallis Gazette-Times, April 26, 2013
...4 p.m. on May 4 and 11 in the main meeting room. Corvallis authors George Estreich and Aria Minu-Sepehr are teaming up to teach “Writing Lives: The Short Personal Essay from Invention to Publication.” Registration is required. To sign up, call the...
Judith Barrington and Cecelia Hagen, Aria Minu-Sepehr, Paul McCartney: Wednesday in Books
Oregonian, April 17, 2013
...Colony announced that the spring selection of the Oregon Book Club is "We Heard the Heavens Then" by Aria Minu-Sepehr. The book is a memoir of the author's childhood in Iran and was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award. A review in The Oregonian praised...
Judith Barrington and Cecilia Hagen, Aria Minu-Sepehr, Paul McCartney: Wednesday in Books
Oregonian, April 17, 2013
...Colony announced that the spring selection of the Oregon Book Club is "We Heard the Heavens Then" by Aria Minu-Sepehr. The book is a memoir of the author's childhood in Iran and was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award. A review in The Oregonian praised...
At Our Best (Jan. 14)
Corvallis Gazette-Times, January 14, 2013
...finalists in the 2013 Oregon Book Awards. A finalist for the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction is Aria Minu-Sepehr for “We Heard the Heavens Then” (Free Press). Katie Kacvinksy’s book “First Comes Love” (Houghton Mifflin...
Bookmarks: Oregon Book Award finalists announced
Oregonian, January 7, 2013
...Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen of Portland, "Seeing Ezra," Storm Large of Portland, "Crazy Enough," Aria Minu-Sepehr of Corvallis, "We Heard the Heavens Then," Cheryl Strayed of Portland, "Wild," Ceiridwen Terrill of Portland,...
2013 Oregon Book Awards Finalists Announced
Portland Monthly Magazine, January 7, 2013
...of Portland, Seeing Ezra (Seal Press) Storm Large of Portland, Crazy Enough (Free Press) — Read our review . Aria Minu-Sepehr of Corvallis, We Heard the Heavens Then (Free Press) Cheryl Strayed of Portland, Wild (Knopf) — Read our review . ...
Local writer is Oregon Book Award finalist; another gets grant
Statesman Journal, January 7, 2013
...Luis Rodriguez Kerry Cohen of Portland, Seeing Ezra (Seal Press) Storm Large of Portland, Crazy Enough (Free Press) Aria Minu-Sepehr of Corvallis, We Heard the Heavens Then (Free Press) Cheryl Strayed of Portland, Wild (Knopf) Ceiridwen Terrill...