Azarin Sadegh, a 2011 PEN USA Emerging Voices fellow, and a 2010 UCLA Kirkwood Award nominee, was born in Shahi, Iran. She went to France, studied Computer Science and years later moved to California. In 2006, she realized she couldn’t live without a dream, so she took a writing class through UCLA Extension Writer’s Program. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Coast Magazine, Iranian.com, and various anthologies. A resident of Aliso Viejo, she is working on a novel, The Suicide Note.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Shapes of Silence: On Michele Filgate’s Anthology “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About”
Azarin Sadegh relishes the intimate and authentic personal essays that form editor Michele Filgate's "What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About."...
The Dichotomy of Remembrance: Négar Djavadi’s “Disoriental”
Azarin Sadegh reviews Négar Djavadi's debut novel....
The Intimate Portrait of a Generation: Annie Ernaux’s “The Years”
Azarin Sadegh reviews Annie Ernaux's memoir, recently translated by Alison L. Strayer....
Between East and West, I Lost Myself: “Refuge” by Dina Nayeri
Azarin Sadegh ventures through Dina Nayeri's "Refuge."...
