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Porochista Khakpour

Posted inReading List

On Being an Ill Woman: A Reading List of Doctors’ Dismissal and Disbelief

by Jacqueline Alnes September 17, 2018October 19, 2022

Eight stories of being ill and being dismissed by the medical establishment.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A New Yorker, and a Sick Person

by Sari Botton June 7, 2018October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, Sick, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.

Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, First Chapters, Nonfiction

A New Yorker, and a Sick Person

by Longreads June 7, 2018October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Featured, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story

A New Yorker, and a Sick Person

by Longreads June 7, 2018October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 2, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Robert F. Worth, Margaret Talbot, Porochista Khakpour, and Frank Bures.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Essay Will Feel Like It’s Killing You

by Krista Stevens May 30, 2017October 19, 2022

“Begin by writing about anything else,” says Porochista Khakpour, until she becomes conflicted about writing about being Iranian-American.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 24, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Amy Wallace, Katherine Laidlaw, Lisa Miller, Porochista Khakpour, and Lauren Schwartzberg.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

‘Happy 1396’: Porochista Khakpour on Feeling Apprehensive this Nowruz, the Persian New Year

by Sari Botton March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

“This year, once Nowruz announced itself to me, I wanted to forget it.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Why this Persian New Year is Different

by Sari Botton March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

A personal essay by Iranian-born novelist Porochista Khakpour about her apprehension and lack of excitement about Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at a time when it feels unsafe to be of Muslim heritage in America.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Porochista Khakpour on Starving as a Young Novelist

by Sari Botton February 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Lit Hub has a compelling essay by “The Last Illusion” author Porochista Khakpour about her struggle to survive early in her career as a novelist.

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