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Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour’s debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, one of the Chicago Tribune’s Fall’s Best, and the 2007 California Book Awar...view morePorochista Khakpour’s debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, one of the Chicago Tribune’s Fall’s Best, and the 2007 California Book Award winner in the “First Fiction” category. Her second novel The Last Illusion was a 2014 ""Best Book of the Year"" according to NPR, Kirkus, Buzzfeed, Popmatters, Electric Literature, and many more. Among her many fellowships is a National Endowment for the Arts award. Her nonfiction has appeared in many sections of The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Elle, Slate, Salon, and Bookforum, among many others. Currently, she is guest faculty at VCFA and Stonecoast's MFA programs as well as Contributing Editor at The Evergreen Review. Born in Tehran and raised in the Los Angeles area, she lives in New York City’s Harlem.view less
Books by Porochista Khakpour
Better Than Sane: Tales from a Dangling Girl The Blind Owl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sons and Other Flammable Objects: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sick: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrontier Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5