• Features
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Longform
  • Daily Fiction
  • About
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • The Virtual Book Channel
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Style
    • Design
    • Science
    • Technology
    • History
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Freeman’s
    • Sports
    • The Hub
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • New Books Network
    • The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
    • Behind the Mic
    • Beyond the Page
    • Criminal Broads
    • Emergence Magazine
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Just the Right Book
    • Keen On
    • LIC Reading Series
    • Literary Disco
    • The Maris Review
    • Otherppl with Brad Listi
    • A Phone Call From Paul
    • Reading Women
    • So Many Damn Books
    • Storybound
    • The SpeakEasy Podcast
    • Thresholds
    • WMFA
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
    • BookMarks Daily Giveaway
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
    • CrimeReads Daily Giveaway

Home Articles posted by Porochista Khakpour

Porochista Khakpour

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 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. Her book of essays, Brown Album is available now from Vintage. 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. Born in Tehran and raised in the Los Angeles area, she lives in New York City’s Harlem.


Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

Porochista Khakpour on Loving—and Destroying—a Beloved Doll
May 21, 2020  By Porochista Khakpour
0

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"
June 15, 2018  By Porochista Khakpour
0

Porochista Khakpour: Portrait of the Artist as a Debut Novelist

On Debt, Depression, and the Many Ways a Name Can Be Misprounounced
January 27, 2017  By Porochista Khakpour
0

Ben Okri: Beyond Myth and Magic

Porochista Khakpour Revistis a Masterpiece of the New African Canon
July 7, 2015  By Porochista Khakpour
2



  • RSS

    • RSS - Posts
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead


    About


    Advertisers: Contact Us


    Privacy Policy



  • © LitHub
    Back to top