Porochista Khakpour’s New Essays Daringly Explore Iranian Immigrant Life

The Brown Album’ illustrates the author’s range on islamophobia, racism, and a rising Trump presidency

Anna Lucente Sterling
ZORA
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6 min readMay 21, 2020

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A portrait image of Porochista Khakpour sitting on a couch with her hand on a cane.
Porochista Khakpour. Photo: Maria Nova

Porochista Khakpour’s Brown Album, a collection of essays she wrote throughout her twenties and into her forties, takes a scythe through all the different parts of her…

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Anna Lucente Sterling
ZORA
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Anna is a Brooklyn-based writer and video journalist. To check out more of her work, visit annasterling.com.