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Aug.23.2009
I have another NY Times Op Ed this Sunday, found online here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/opinion/23khakpour.html
It's all about watching "thirtysomething" as a thirtysomething.
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Mar.08.2009
I have another NY Times Op-Ed this Monday. . . the topic is Barbie (happy 50th!), of all things, with an Iranian twist, of course.
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Feb.11.2009
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-11/what-i-saw-at-the-revolution/
It's all about the Iranian Revolution (it's the 30th anniversary), an event that totally altered the course of my life. . . even though I was one when it went down. The essay is actually about its aftermath and...
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Oct.01.2008
Bill Marx of the World Books podcast did a nice interview with me right after my Brooklyn Book Festival reading:
http://www.theworld.org/?q=aggregator/sources/61
[Porochista Khakpour's first novel, "Sons and Other Flammable Objects," garnered enthusiastic reviews for its tragi-comic...
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Sep.17.2008
I was not friends with DFW—let’s just make that clear right off the bat. And I don’t think I actually ever saw him read, but then again maybe I have. There were two readings in Los Angeles I either went to or intended to go to and then maybe just read about. But I don’t remember for sure. I have a...
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Sep.11.2008
Why, do you ask?
Because it's my first NYC homecoming in a month! I'll be at the Brooklyn Book Festival (see my Events) reading on Sunday at 5:00pm for the "Brooklyn International" portion at Center Stage. It will be kind of a Happy Ending Series reading--if you know what I mean by that...
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Aug.25.2008
How delightful to be named Red Room's "Rising Star" of the week. It's particularly sweet as I just decided to make this blog my "official blog," after moving my official internet presence from the ol' blogspot (http://www.porochistakhakpour.blogspot.com/) to a real website (http...
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Aug.22.2008
My radio interview with Kurt Andersen on "Studio 360" will run nationally again this weekend, I have been told. It was my favorite interview last year. For more info: http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/08/22
To hear it live this weekend, check your local listings: http://www.studio360...
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Aug.17.2008
The novel's paperback incarnation can be found trickling into bookstores this month, even though Amazon lists a Sept 1 pub date. But it has lots of new features, like a new cover, new blurbs, and a reading groupe guide.
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Aug.17.2008
Bookmark this:
http://www.porochistakhakpour.com/
OR
http://www.sonsandotherflammableobjects.com/
It will be replacing http://www.porochistakhakpour.blogspot.com/ which means my blog will now be here!
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About Porochista
Porochista Khakpour was born in Tehran in 1978 and raised in the Greater Los Angeles area.
She has been awarded fellowships from the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars, Northwestern University, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the...
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