A HAUNTING IN WOODLAND HILLS

JUNE 2024 | OUR IMMIGRANT STORIES: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS FROM THE IRANIAN DIASPORA | PUBLISHED BY CROSS-CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS | SHORT STORY

It wasn’t supposed to be like this, the family spread across the globe connected by nothing more than a thin telephone wire and an ache in the heart. Someone was always missing, their place empty as Persians like to say when someone misses the party: we tell them later, “your place was empty.” It’s a way of acknowledging absence…

Cross Cultural Expressions in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health brought together members of the Iranian and Eastern European communities of Los Angeles county to share their unique stories around the immigrant experience through a series of short stories and essays. These, along with each contributing writer's original artwork are compiled in two volumes: Our Immigrant Stories: A Collection of Essays From the Iranian Diaspora and Our Immigrant Stories: A Collection of Essays from the Eastern European Diaspora. Bilingual.

Learn more and order at https://cceccc.org/book-our-immigrant-stories.php