iranian.com interview

again, i really don't think it's a matter of good answers, but good questions : iranian.com covers everything. well, almost ;).
And while you are on that site, please take a moment to read this heartbreaking article that comes right before mine. It is infinitely more important and urgent, all about a young man who is about to be executed in Tehran. The story will take you to links on child executions in Iran.

B & N madness + another wonderful review

Thank you to everyone who came to my Barnes & Noble (Park Slope, Brooklyn) reading this evening. I had the best time, even as I drank loads of "calm" tea to deal. Thanks to the pretty big, incredibly diverse, and highly interesting crowd. The Q&A was quite animated and of course very weird. Thanks again!
Here are two pictures from the event:






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AND The Village Voice thinks I'm too wordy. . .
while Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, whose career I've watched from afar and been a fan of for years, gives Sons quite an awesome review in The Daily Star--almost a detailed study of the novel:

Porochista Khakpour's debut novel signals the arrival of a dazzling stylist:
'Sons and Other Flammable Objects' trumps fashionable memoirs of Iran with a jazzy fictional narrative

tour

A photo of the DC reading, courtesy of Chris Chen (www.furcafe.com).

Next up on the tour: some NYC and Chicago action before I head off to the West Coast:

Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 PM Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Barnes & Noble

Thursday, October 04, 7:00 PM Hopleaf, 5148 N Clark, Chicago, IL
Bookslut Reading Series
With Benjamin Percy and George Murray

Sunday, October 07, 7:00 PM 85 E. 4th St., New York, NY
KGB Reading Series