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Porochista Khakpour interview Sons & other Flammable Objects

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Intriguing interview with celebrated writer and columnist Porochista Khakpour on her acclaimed debut novel "Sons and other Flammable Objects". Born in Iran and raised from a young age in America, Khakpour reflects on her novel's unique Iranian American migration story and also discusses her fascination with language, both English and her native tongue Farsi.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: MarkMolaro

Length: 21:27
Rating: 4.56
Views: 19191

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illcedric (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
She is so wonderful. At 17:15, the way she says "Yes" is super super serene and sexy.
illcedric (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Great interview, thanks Mark. She's very informative and I'll give the book a read.
QuantumTheorist (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Wow, she has some of the biggest hands I've ever seen on a woman! She should have become a pianist or a professional nose picker.I wonder when she will complete her next novel, "Fathers and Other Flammable Gases"?
johannsburgok (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
A great new show!
stavtoovin (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
this is a great series
kennyjspentman (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
great interview!
lunadeckr (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I'm fascinated by the Iranian culture. Congratulations to Porochista for being able to have "made it" in the US. Amazing book, amazing dialogue with the host.
occidentalist77 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
It's not a left or right issue at all, it's about human rights. The Shah's regime was not "on the rise" or more modern than the current one at all, it was just a secular, pro-US dictatorship instead of a religious, anti-US dictatorship. Iran changed one set of dictators for another. The majority of Iranians that actually lived through that period agree with that narrative, not with the idea that Iran suddenly "went medieval" becaues of mullahs or Islam or whatever.
ratsorizzote (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I am pretty sure this depends on who you ask. I didn't get that from Miss Kahkpour anyway! My feeling is Mob of Left and Mob of Right equally distort.
ratsorizzote (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Awesome, Mark and Porochista. A favorite!


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