Porochista Khakpour

is a writer of two novels and the memoir Sick. Her next book, an essay collection called Brown Album (Vintage/Knopf), is coming out in spring 2020.

Sicker/Sickest

By Porochista Khakpour

chronic illness to wellness, politics to prose, bitches (dogs) to bitches (my people)

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