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Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's
Better Than Sane
"She isn’t interested in your ability to feel for her much less comprehend her."
By
Porochista Khakpour
| September 7, 2023
Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York
Porochista Khakpour on Loving—and Destroying—a Beloved Doll
By
Porochista Khakpour
| May 21, 2020
Porochista Khakpour on Learning to Own the Discomfort of the Body
"To Find a Home in My Body is to Tell a Story That Doesn’t Exist"
By
Porochista Khakpour
| June 15, 2018
Porochista Khakpour: Portrait of the Artist as a Debut Novelist
On Debt, Depression, and the Many Ways a Name Can Be Misprounounced
By
Porochista Khakpour
| January 27, 2017
Ben Okri: Beyond Myth and Magic
Porochista Khakpour Revistis a Masterpiece of the New African Canon
By
Porochista Khakpour
| July 7, 2015
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