Now comes The Republic of Imagination, a fascinating exploration of American literature written by the distinguished Iranian American author Azar Nafisi, who was expelled from the University of Tehran in 1981 for refusing to wear the veil, an early post-revolutionary harbinger of more severe repression to come. Though dating from 2014, Nafisi’s words continue to resonate ever more strongly today.
A few salient paragraphs below, with an image added by DP: a spiral galaxy as observed through the Webb telescope.
FIRESTORM FOR THE IMAGINATION
We note Nafisi’s more recent book, Read Dangerously; on our list for 2024!
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