Porochista Khakpour
Iranian-American novelist and essayist · porochistakhakpour.com
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Porochista Khakpour is an Iranian American novelist, essayist, and journalist.
A refugee from Iran whose family fled the Iran-Iraq War and the Islamic Revolution, Khakpour grew up in the Greater Los Angeles area before moving to New York to attend... Wikipedia
Born: 1978 (age 46 years), Tehran, Iran
Education: Johns Hopkins University, Sarah Lawrence College, and South Pasadena High School
Nationality: American and Iranian
Notable works: Sons and Other Flammable Objects; The Last Illusion; Sick; Brown Album
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Porochista Khakpour, critically acclaimed author of "Tehrangeles," "Brown Album," "Sick," "The Last Illusion," & "Sons and Other Flammable Objects"
Porochista Khakpour is an Iranian American novelist, essayist, and journalist. Porochista Khakpour. Khakpour at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Tehran-born LA-raised NYC-based author 5th : TEHRANGELES anticipated/best:TIME, Vogue, W, Harper's Bazaar, LitHub, Nylon, Seattle Times Electric Lit .
Mar 29, 2024 · Despite a host of health issues, Porochista Khakpour is back with a new novel—about an Iranian American family looking to land a reality TV ...
is a writer of two novels, a memoir, and an essay collection. Her next book, a novel called Tehrangeles (Pantheon), is coming out in June 2024.
“Porochista Khakpour's powerful memoir, Sick, reads like a mystery and a reckoning with a love song at its core. Humane, searching, and unapologetic, Sick is ...
May 28, 2018 · Porochista Khakpour's deliberately unheroic “Sick” raises questions about what we expect of female patients with chronic illness.
She has been a presenter at various book festivals all over the country, such as the Brooklyn Book Festival, the Los Angeles Times Book Festival, the Texas Book ...
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