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Mateo Askaripour

Mateo Askaripour
New York Times bestselling author Mateo Askaripour wants people to feel seen. His first novel, Black Buck, takes on racism in corporate America with humor and wit. Askaripour was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 rising stars to make waves,” and Black Buck was a Read with Jenna Today show book club pick. Most recently, he was named as a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” prize. This Great Hemisphere is his second novel. He lives in Brooklyn. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @AskMateo.


Mateo Askaripour on the Perks of Genre Agnosticism

"There’s nothing like throwing the map out the window."
July 8, 2024  By Mateo Askaripour
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In Favor of Speed:
Write Fast, Fix Later

Mateo Askaripour Offers a Method of Getting the Work Done
January 14, 2021  By Mateo Askaripour
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Through Films for Black Audiences, Ousmane Sembene Spoke to All

Mateo Askaripour on the "Father of African Cinema"
May 2, 2019  By Mateo Askaripour
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Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

"The metaphor reveals a world behind the world of things."
April 10, 2019  By Mateo Askaripour
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Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Mateo Askaripour on Racism, Writing, and the Places We Leave Behind
February 8, 2019  By Mateo Askaripour
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Toward an Expanded Canon of Black Literature

How Some Black Writers Live, and Some Die
January 3, 2019  By Mateo Askaripour
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