Powdery Wings: Stories of Immigration by Mansour Noorbakhsh

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New flash fiction exploring the kaleidoscope of global immigrant experiences

Powdery Wings isn’t just a book—it’s a portal into the kaleidoscope of immigrant experiences that pulse through every corner of our globe. These flash fiction stories explore the varied realities of immigrant experiences which reverberate across all countries, cities, and communities. Thinking about migration or relocating to a new country can be a disorienting experience. In some ways, the immigrant experience is not unlike the dizzying journey taken by the lead character in Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With Powdery Wings, Mansour Noorbakhsh provides sensitivity, insight, and a touch of magic to this significant genre of literature.

“Powdery Wings tries to explore some unseen views of immigration in a literary context and encourage readers to engage with questions and curiosities about immigration.”

— from the Introduction by Mansour Noorbakhsh

⭐“Mansour Noorbakhsh is a generational voice.”

— Darcie Friesen Hossack, Commonwealth Prize Shortlisted author of Stillwater, Managing Editor, WordCity Literary Journal

"As the daughter of migrants—albeit from Austria to Australia—I could relate to these stories that spoke of belonging, love, hope, and all that accompanies the sometimes-difficult change to a new land and the nostalgia for the old.

Not strictly flash fiction but leaning on the poet, Wordsworth, “they flash upon that inward eye” to give me pleasure, also thanks to the division of the stories into Here, There, and Elsewhere."

—Sylvia Petter, author and founding member of Geneva Writers' Group 

Powdery Wings is a collection to be reread especially in view of the advice of the author’s father, appearing in the Preface of the collection of poems, Till You Recognize Me, “to first feel what you are saying and then write it down.”

Mansour Noorbakhsh is a poet, so it is quite apt for such advice to also apply to his prose.

⭐Praise for Mansour Noorbakhsh’s book of poetry⭐

“Till You Recognize Me is a gorgeous collection of poems brimming with fresh metaphors.”

— Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, internationally published author of seven collections of poetry and two non-fiction books

MANSOUR NOORBAKHSH is a Poet in Residence at WordCity Literary Journal, a publication founded on the values of promoting the literary arts, on diversity, dialogue, acceptance, and cultural exchange. With works published in Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovenian, and Chinese, Mansour is a respected voice in literary circles. He also hosts a weekly Persian radio program featuring Canadian poets. He’s an electrical engineer and lives with his family in a Toronto suburb.