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In the Land of Fiction and Fake News

By Elizabeth Mitchell

Lost for Words

By Stewart L. Sinclair

Poem About Human Habits of Consumption That Begins with Contemplating the Walnut in My Yard

Poetry by Felicia Zamora

Back Draft: Lisa Dillman

By Ben Purkert and Lisa Dillman

Porochista Khakpour

Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour was born in Tehran and raised in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, and Salon, among other publications. She has been awarded fellowships from Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, VCCA, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Ucross, and Yaddo. Her debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects (Grove/Atlantic), was a New York Times “Editor’s Choice,” Chicago Tribune “Fall’s Best,” and 2007 California Book Award winner. She is currently Picador Guest Professor at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and core faculty at Fairfield University’s low-residency MFA program.
http://www.porochistakhakpour.com
Essay MENARace

The Others

By Porochista Khakpour November 1, 2011

Our guest editor Porochista Khakpour explores the protean category of “Iranian-American” and its assorted manifestations.

Fiction Family & Relationships

The Deer-Vehicle Collision Survivors Support Group

By Porochista Khakpour February 1, 2010
This is the storm right before the calm, she is letting it all out now, because she knows it’s coming. She wants to go home, even if it is what she used to call hell sweet hell.
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