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e*lix*ir issues #1 - #15 (scroll down for #5 - #15)

 

ISSUE #1


Editorial

  • Forging a Poetry of Hope
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Poetry

  • Christine Anne Pratt
  • Harriet Pasca-Ortgies
  • Valerie Senyk

  • Fiction

  • The White Dog
    by Maya Bohnhoff

  • Memoir

  • Riding a Purple Bicycle
    in the City of Isfahan

    by Sahba

  • Reviews

  • Luminous Journey
    by Anne and Tim Perry
  • Prison Poems
    by Mahvash Sabet

  • Column

  • The Writing Life: Beginnings
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Honnie Goode
  • Paintings
    by Louise Mould

  • ISSUE #2


    Editorial

  • Art at the Intersection of the Worlds

  • Poetry

  • Michael Fitzgerald
  • YoungIn Doe (in English and Korean)
  • Arlette George

  • Fiction

  • The Munich Girl
    by Phyllis Ring

  • Memoir

  • Birds
    by Holiday Reinhorn

  • Writing Life

  • Notes on the Poetic Process
    by Michael Fitzgerald

  • Essays

  • The Art of Ecstasy in the Poetry of Stanley Kunitz
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Fiction: Big Cats
    by Holiday Reinhorn
  • Nonfiction: Chinese Brushstrokes
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Jean Reece
  • Photographs
    by Bev Rennie

  • ISSUE #3


    Editorial

  • Rumi, Race, and Religion

  • Poetry

  • Celestial Navigations
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison
  • On Writing Poetry Inspired by the Bahá’í Writings

  • Fiction

  • Rumi’s Lost Diary
    by Shahin Mowzoon
  • Nine O-Clock Blue
    by Teresa Henkle Langness

  • The Writing Life

  • Translating Rumi
    by Anthony Lee

  • Essays

  • Margaret Danner, the Black Arts Movement, and the Bahá’í Faith
    by Richard Hollinger

  • Voices of Iran

  • Reading Anne Frank in Isfahan
    by Sahba

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Love is My Savior
    by Anthony Lee
  • Swallowing the Sun
    by Franklin D. Lewis
  • Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry
    by Amin Banani, Jascha Kessler, and Anthony A. Lee

  • Art

  • Calligraphy
    by Burhan Zahra’i

  • ISSUE #4


    Editorial

  • The Spiritual Lives of Children

  • Fiction

  • The Imperfect Pilgrim
    by Ron Tomanio
  • “Maggie’s Forever Friend”
    by Patti Rae Tomarelli
  • The Red Roan Stallion
    by Beverlee Patton

  • Poetry

  • Three Poems
    by Susan Engle
  • “Advice to a Daughter”
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Picture Books

  • The Painting

  • Essays

  • Two Decades of Spirit of Children: A Retrospective
    by Allison Grover Khoury
  • Brilliant Star: Looking Back on 36 Years of an Award-Winning Children’s Magazine
    by Susan Engle

  • Interviews

  • Interview with Mary Victoria, author of Chronicles of the Tree

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Lilly and Peggy
    by Ronald Tomanio
  • Maggie Celebrates Ayyám-i-Há
    by Patti Rae Tomarelli
  • Kamal’s Day
    by Leona Hosack

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Jeannie Hunt

  • Translations

  • “He is God! O God,I am an innocent child.”
    translated by Shahin Mowzoon

  • Voices of Iran

  • Children of Destiny
    by Basir Samimi


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    ISSUE #5


    Editorial

  • Art as a One Eared Mad Man

  • Fiction

  • Ivory and Paper
    by Ray Hudson

  • Poetry

  • Patricia Ranzoni
  • Lynn Ascrizzi
  • Monte Schooley

  • The Writing Life

  • Joining the Circle: Art and Spirituality at Little Pond and “A Prayer in Nine Postures”

  • Essays

  • Life in a Maine Village:
    Sarah Orne Jewett and the Pace of Fiction

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Moments Rightly Place: An Aleutian Memoir
    by Ray Hudson
  • Things We Left Unsaid
    a novel by Zoya Pirzad

  • Art

  • Artwork
    by Jim Schoppert
  • Reinventing Tradition: The Art of Jim Schoppert
    by Ray Hudson

  • Voices of Iran

  • A Small Piece of Heaven on Earth
    by Saba Shadabi

  • ISSUE #6


    Editorial

  • His Pen

  • Translations

  • O Nightingales!
    by Nader Saiedi and Anthony A. Lee
  • Tablet addressed to Ali
    by Nader Saiedi
  • Arabic Devotional Writings
    by Stephen Lambden
  • Tablet of the Sun of Reality
    by Stephen Lambden

  • Essays

  • The Art of Translation
    by Brian Miller
  • Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb
    by Todd Lawson

  • Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

  • O Pen!
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Photo Narrative

  • Bahá’u’lláh in the Holy Land: Dwellings, Gardens, and Resting Place
    by Dean Wilkey

  • Voices of Iran

  • A Glimpse of the Glorious Landscape of Freedom
    by Rojin Ghavami

  • Art

  • Calligraphy
    by Dr. Muhammad Afnan

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh for Bahá’í Holy Days

  • ISSUE #7


    Editorial

  • Cancer, Comics, and the Healing Power of Art

  • Poetry

  • James Andrews

  • Translations

  • “If I Should Gaze Upon Your Face” by Tahirih
    translated by Shahin Mowzoon and adapted by Sandra Lynn Hutchison
  • Selections from Rumi
    translated by Shahin Mowzoon and adapted by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Essays

  • A Landscape Yearning Towards the Light: A Year with the Paintings of Catharine McAvity
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Catharine McAvity

  • Comic

  • “Ruhi & Riaz”
    by Eira

  • Voices of Iran

  • Sweet Fruit
    by Anisa Bahamin

  • Looking Back on Books

  • The Incomparable Friend
    by Shirin Sabri and Sue Podger
  • The Story of the Báb as a Child
    by Will van den Hoonaard and Gloria Savoie

  • ISSUE #8


    Editorial

  • Forms of Exaltation: New Art for a New Age

  • Poetry

  • Poems
    by Imelda Maguire
  • e*lix*ir poets on the Kilkenny Poetry Trail

  • Translations

  • “I Tremble” by Rumi
    translated by Anthony A. Lee and Nesreen Akhtarkhavari

  • The Writing Life

  • Telling the Story of a Queen
    by Della Marcus

  • Memoir

  • Red
    by Lauren Laisying Turner

  • Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

  • The Mystery of Proximity and Remoteness
    by A. Philip Christensen
  • A Night Never Before Witnessed
    by Patricia Verge

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Brad Pokorny

  • Comic

  • Ruhi & Riaz
    by Eira

  • Voices of Iran

  • The Love Bird
    by Zarrin Kasiri

  • Looking Back on Books

  • Glimpses of Hope, Selected Poems by Michael Fitzgerald
    by Rhonda Palmer
  • Point by Point: An Anthology of Poems...
  • State of the Art: Books for Children
    by Allison Grover Khoury


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    ISSUE #9


    Editorial

  • This Holy Land of Persia by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Personal Reflection Piece

  • The Gate to Eternal Life by Roxana Karamzadeh

  • Sweet Fruit

  • A Small Window on the Big Blue Sky by Mahtab Rezvani
  • Planting Seeds by Shadi Saadat
  • Broken Dreams by Roxana Karamzadeh
  • * Reading Anne Frank in Isfahan by Sahba
  • * Sweet Fruit by Anisa Bahamin

  • In the Land of Persia

  • An Alley Called Golestan by Nabil Zarei
  • Culinary Sisters-in-Law by Neda Akhavan
  • My Grandfather’s Library by Siavash Haghighat
  • * A Small Piece of Heaven on Earth by Saba Shadabi
  • * Riding a Purple Bicycle in the City of Isfahan by Sahba

  • Holy Places and People

  • Maku and the Muslim Man by Shadi Saadat
  • Fort Tabarsi and The Courage of the Brave Bábís by Negin Rezghi
  • The Cloak by Shadi Sadaat
  • The Mysterious Box by Sara Shakeri
  • Haji Assad, the Great Teacher of Seysan by Shadi Saadat
  • * A Glimpse of the Glorious Landscape by Rojin Ghavami

  • Through a Child’s Eyes

  • The Grief of War by Tanin Azadi
  • An Earthen House by Nava Habibi
  • A Cherished Dream by Elmira G.
  • The Golden Crown by Shaghayegh Rashedi
  • A Dream of Childhood by Basir Samimi
  • * The Love Bird by Zarrin Kasiri

  • Comic

  • Ruhi & Riaz
    by Eira

  • From Yazd to New Delhi

  • A Weekend in a One Hundred Star Hotel by Saba Shadabi
  • The Long Journey from Yazd to Tihran by Ali F.
  • The Road at the End of the World by Tanin Azadi
  • My Soul Dances in New Delhi by Roxana Karamzadeh
  • The Turkish Girl by Nava Habibi

  • The Left Hand of an Artist

  • The Left Hand of an Artist by Sara Shakeri
  • To Sing or not to Sing by Ellie
  • A Sympathetic Friend by Farina Shafei
  • Taraneh Alidoosti, My Hero by Nava Habibi
  • ISSUE #10


    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

  • Pandemics, Pandemonium, and Prayer

  • Poetry

  • Poems
    by Andréana E. Lefton

  • Memoir

  • An Invisible Wave
    by Elizabeth M. Green

  • The Writing Life

  • Bodies of Water
    by Andréana E. Lefton

  • Essays

  • The Luminous Particular in the Poetry of Jane Kenyon
    by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

  • Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

  • The Day-Star of Blissfulness
    by Kathryn Barlow

  • Art

  • Paintings
    by Edward Epp

  • Comic

  • Ruhi & Riaz
    by Eira

  • Voices of Iran

  • The Path of Perfection
    by Tanin Azadi

  • Looking Back on Books

  • The State of the Art: Books for Bahá’í Children, 2019
    by Allison Grover Khoury

  • ISSUE #11


    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

    Looking with the Eyes of Faith

    e*lix*ir Poetry Collective

    James Andrews
    Harriet Fishman
    Sandra Lynn Hutchison
    A.E. Lefton
    Imelda Maguire
    YoungIn Doe

    Translations

    Remembered Music by Rumi, translated by Shahin Mowzoon

    The Writing Life

    The e*lix*ir Poetry Collective Writes the Creation by James Andrews

    Essays

    Love in a Time of Distances by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

    Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

    A Finely-Tempered Sword by Melika Rezvani
    Knowing God through His Creation by Nava Eslami

    Art

    Fabric Art by Helen Butler

    Comic

    Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

    Voices of Iran

    An Army of Two Hundred Men by Ighan Aghdasi Yekta
    The Goddess by Saba Sobhanian

    Looking Back on Books

    Rooms Are Never Finished by Agha Shahid Ali

    ISSUE #12


    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

    The Intimacy of Art

    The Writing Life

    ‘I Go to Paper’: A Conversation with Ruth Forman by Andréana Elise

    Poetry

    Anthony A. Lee

    Translations

    “If I Should Gaze Upon Your Face” by Tahirih
    Chinese translation by Zijing Pan DiCenzo

    Essays

    In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

    Interviews

    Anne Gordon Perry on Writing for Film

    Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

    O Nightingales of God! by James Braun

    Artist Profile

    Benjamin Hatcher, Dancer by Joyce Litoff

    Art

    Nadema Agard
    Beth Yazhari

    Comic

    Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

    Voices of Iran

    The Cherry Orchard by Paria Bakhshi
    A Wedding in Prison by Melika Rezvani

    Looking Back on Books

    In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Story Behind the Stories by J. Michael Kafes
    How One Jewish Woman Poet Remade the Wor(l)d: Alicia Ostriker’s The Little Space: Poems Selected and New (1989-1996) by Sandra Lynn Hutchison


     

     

    ISSUE #13



    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

    Sacred Stories: Beyond Joy and Pain

    Events

    Global Poetry Reading Honors ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

    The Writing Life

    The Fountain and the Thirsty One by Mahvash Sabet

    Poetry

    Christine Anne Pratt
    Elegy with Mourning Dove and Red-Tailed Hawk by Sandra Lynn Hutchison
    Dana Paxson

    Essays

    An Opening in the Curtain by Martha Washington

    Interviews

    Encountering Beauty: An Interview with Painter and Photographer Chris Page by Christine Anne Pratt

    Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

    The Wound is Where the Light Enters by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

    Artist Profile

    Interview with Mahvash Sabet by Raha Sabet Sarvestany
    Persian Poems by Mahvash Sabet

    Art

    Chris Page

    Voices of Iran

    Thy Court of Holiness by Mahsa Foroughian
    The Silence of Being Heard by Nazanin Eslami
    The All-Highest Paradise by Melika Rezvani

    State of the Art

    Books for Children by Allison Grover Khoury

    Looking Back on Books

    Pearls of Bounty and Light of the World
    Agnes Parsons’ Diary by Richard Hollinger
    ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Perfect Exemplar by Dariush Lami

    ISSUE #14



    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

    Our Green Island

    Artist Profile

    Poems by Tami Haaland
    An Interview with Tami Haaland

    The Writing Life

    Giving Voice to the Dispossessed by Anton Floyd

    Poetry

    Poems from the Global Poetry Reading Honoring ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
    Imelda Maguire
    Anthony A. Lee
    Harriet Fishman
    Valerie Senyk
    James Andrews

    Essays

    The Literary Life of Rosey Pool by Richard Hollinger

    Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

    Our Verdant Isle by Sandra Lynn Hutchison
    The Circle of Existence by Susan Mottahedeh

    Art

    Our Green Island
    Pam Jackson
    Nikki Manitowabi

    Comic

    Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

    Voices of Iran

    The Holiest Part of the Desert by Nava
    A New Qiblih by Nahal Lofti

    Books

    Anton Floyd’s Falling Into Place and Depositions by Jim Burke
    The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

    ISSUE #15



    TABLE OF CONTENTS


    Overview


    Issue Cover


    Editorial

    “Their only crime...”

    Holy Soil

    Holy Soil: The Endurance of the Bahá’ís of Iran by Ighan
    Hadigheh: A Bahá’í House of Worship in Tehran by Saba
    The Blue Prayer Book by Hannan Hashemi
    In Front of the School by Nava
    The Roll-Away Pumpkin by Tanin Azadi
    The Castle at Maku by Nogol Sadri

    The Scent of Roses

    The Scent of Roses by Nooshin Mavaddati
    A Great Green Enigma by Mehrsa Mastoori
    My Tiny Fruit Garden by Foad Bahrami
    My Blessed Spot by Hannan Hashemi
    Spring in My Grandmother’s Yard by Morvarid Ighani
    The Garden of Memories by Sama Khalili

    Candles in the Darkness

    The Candle in My Family by Alhan
    A Shower of Bullets by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi
    From Thief to Benefactor by Foad Bahrami
    The Green Handprint by Nava
    The Kolahduz of Barfurush by Sama Khalili
    An Immortal Man by Taranom
    The Whisper by Andisheh Taslimi

    Poetry

    From A Tale of Love by Mahvash Sabet
    translated by Shahin Mowzoon and adapted by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

    Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

    Calamity: The Path to Eternity by Hannan Hashemi
    The Way Home by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi
    The Light in the Darkness by Sama Khalili
    From Your Inmost Being by Taraneh

    Letters

    A Small Light in a Dark Room by Andisheh Taslimi
    Hope for the Future of Iran by Mehrsa Mastoori

    Art

    Painting and Interview with Shahriar Cyrus by Mehrsa Mastoori
    Resilience by Lynn Miller