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Donia Bijan

@DoniaBijan

SF Bay Area Chef/Author of acclaimed Algonquin memoir-Maman's Homesick Pie (2011) and new novel-The Last Days of Cafe Leila (2017). https://t.co/bNgUcJHeTw

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Let's go to Russia! These boys could and would… instagram.com/p/Bj28uaGFbXw/…


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Here are some great guidelines and tips for making each day’s reading time a true vacation in a book lithub.com/the-best-ways-…


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It was a very tough night, but I'm a fighter. Despite the odds, I'm confident that I'll be in Russia to make you all proud. Your love and support will give me the strength I need.

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Hands down, the best Persian comfort food. Thank you Samin Nosrat! The Crispy Leftovers as the Main Course nyti.ms/2ISIjRF


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Poignant Mother's Day column from Tom Friedman about the lessons he learned from his recently departed mother. "She put the mensch in dementia." nyti.ms/2IBTa1W


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Just finished reading #ThelastdaysofCafeLeila by @DoniaBijan . Heartwarming book set in Iran ... left me with tears and hope . Beautiful book about “home”.

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I had way too much fun at the Wonderland @wclibraryazle author gala last night with @ErikaMailman and @DoniaBijan! #supportlibraries #walnutcreekauthorgala

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A bookstore is an embodiment of a community’s values. Looking over its holdings is as personal and intimate an encounter as walking into a friend’s home for the first time and sizing up their bookcases. #IndependentBookstoreDay lithub.com/independent-bo…


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My latest piece for the NYTimes. The Most Unpopular Dog in Germany nyti.ms/2Fph6Ab


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.@jasmindarznik is on-air NOW with @alisonstewart discussing her debut novel, "Song of a Captive Bird," which tells the story of Iranian poet & filmmaker Forugh Farrokhzad, a woman whose work represents the birth of feminism in Iran. bit.ly/2qKGbkt


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Having had the pleasure of being a part of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me when I lived in America, I am particularly sad to hear that Carl Kasell has passed away. That voice! That wit! He was the secret sauce. #CarlKasell #WaitWaitDontTellMe #npr


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“A love letter to family, food, and culture, #TheLastDaysofCaféLeila is a beautiful narrative with an undeniable ache for belonging at its center.” — @Refinery29 #newinpaperback Start reading: ow.ly/7AzU30jyLXq @DoniaBijan

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“A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan.” — @adrianatrigiani #TheLastDaysofCafeLeila by @DoniaBijan, new in #paperback: ow.ly/nmSL30jA9I6 #dinnertime

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Today is the final day to sign up for our lunch next week with @MegWolitzer! We hope to see you there #TheFemalePersuasion conta.cc/2GM9YU3

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'Kudos to @ElizJChurch for creating a character who the reader wants to champion!' Thanks so much for your brilliant and thorough review @samstillreading 🤓🌻


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"The United States’s public libraries sometimes seem to me the last refuges of a democratic vision of equality, places in which everyone is welcome, which serve the goal of an informed public." #NationalLibraryWeek lithub.com/rebecca-solnit…


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