From Devastation to Satire: Porochista Khakpour on Writing About the Pandemic @otherppl
From Devastation to Satire: Porochista Khakpour on Writing About the Pandemic @otherppl
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Porochista Khakpour on Los Angeles, wealth, identity, Iranian American culture, and her novel TEHRANGELES.

From Episode 929, my conversation with acclaimed novelist and essayist Porochista Khakpour (@pchza), author of TEHRANGELES (Pantheon).

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From Devastation to Satire: Porochista Khakpour on Writing About the Pandemic

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