Porochista Khakpour author of SONS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE OBJECTS: A NOVEL

photo credit: George Stilabower

Porochista Khakpour was born in Tehran and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA from The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars.
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Connections

Thirtysomething vs. "Thirtysomething"
August 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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New York Times Op-Ed: Islamic Revolution Barbie
March 8, 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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a personal essay in The Daily Beast
February 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 my family's early life in the Eighties in the Los Angeles diaspora. Let me know what you think. ...
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