Sick: A Memoir

By Porochista Khakpour

"In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Poroch...

Sons and other flammable objects

By Porochista Khakpour

While growing up, Xerxes Adams's major life goal is to completely separate himself from his Iranian parents, neither of whom can offer their son anything he can actually use to make sense of his im...

Sons and other flammable objects

By Porochista Khakpour

While growing up, Xerxes Adams's major life goal is to completely separate himself from his Iranian parents, neither of whom can offer their son anything he can actually use to make sense of his im...

The Blind Owl

By D.P. Costello, Porochista Khakpour, Sadiq Hidayat

The last illusion

By Porochista Khakpour

The last illusion

By Porochista Khakpour

"In a tiny village in rural Iran, Zal's demented mother--horrified by his pale skin and hair, the opposite of her own--becomes convinced her baby is evil. She puts him in a wire birdcage on her ver...

Sick

By Porochista Khakpour

Sick

By Porochista Khakpour

Brown Album

By Porochista Khakpour

From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment.Novelist Po...

Brown Album

By Porochista Khakpour

From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment.Novelist Po...