"Sara, the narrator of Dina Nayeri's 'A Faded Sense,' has only four out of five senses in tact. Her sense of touch - the most intimate sense, the only one that requires being close, within arms length - has been drastically diminished by a childhood accident that badly scarred her palms. Though the injury itself was brutal, the cause wasn't particularly violent - the equivalent of tripping - or, as Nayeri puts it, 'a lifetime of mild punishment for a single bad instinct.'"
- Halimah Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading.
About the Author: Dina Nayeri was born in Iran during the revolution and emigrated to Oklahoma at the age of ten. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and a Teaching Writing Fellow. Her writing has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Granta New Voices, The Center for Fiction, and B&N Discover Great New Writers. Her novel A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea was published by Riverhead Books in 2013 and sold in over twenty countries.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
Genre: Literary Fiction
- Halimah Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading.
About the Author: Dina Nayeri was born in Iran during the revolution and emigrated to Oklahoma at the age of ten. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and a Teaching Writing Fellow. Her writing has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Granta New Voices, The Center for Fiction, and B&N Discover Great New Writers. Her novel A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea was published by Riverhead Books in 2013 and sold in over twenty countries.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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