On 2/15/24, Hunter hosted this program as part of the Distinguished Writer Series.
Porochista Khakpour was born in Tehran and raised in the Greater Los Angeles area. She is the critically acclaimed author of two novels, a memoir, and a collection of essays. Khakpour’s most widely-read book, Sick was a Best Book of 2018 according to TIME, Real Simple, Entropy, Mental Floss, Bitch Media, Autostraddle, The Paris Reivew, LitHub, and others. Her debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, was a New York Times “Editor’s Choice,” Chicago Tribune “Fall’s Best,” and 2007 California Book Award winner. Her second novel, The Last Illusion, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2014, Buzzfeed Best Fiction Book of 2014, and an NPR Best Book of 2014. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, and many other magazines and newspapers around the world. Khakpour has taught creative writing and literature at Bard College, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Wesleyan University, Sarah Lawrence College, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Hofstra University, Fordham University, Bucknell University, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and in Fairfield University’s MFA program. Currently, she teaches classes online at The Center for Fiction, Corporeal Writing, and The Shipman Agency Work Room.
Watch the program below.
