My characters' addictions are what makes them a bit stylized or "grotesque" - not just in appearance but through what drives them. Addiction is what threatens stability and normalcy and yet it seems very much a part of being human - at least we are all a bit obsessive and compulsive. Aren't all humans driven by mad desires for one thing or another?
It [9/11 tragedy] was the spectacle, what al-Qaeda gets its main power from - why their terrorism truly earns the word "acts." They are very theatric… - Porochista Khakpour
It [9/11 tragedy] was the spectacle, what al-Qaeda gets its main power from - why their terrorism truly earns the word "acts." They are very theatric…
- Porochista Khakpour
In South Pasadena, artists were around but invisible somehow. Even though it was just a fifteen-minute drive from Downtown LA, it felt worlds apart. … - Porochista Khakpour
In South Pasadena, artists were around but invisible somehow. Even though it was just a fifteen-minute drive from Downtown LA, it felt worlds apart. …
Addiction is a very compelling subject for literature - especially now that it's nearly impossible to come out of adult experience without some addic… - Porochista Khakpour
Addiction is a very compelling subject for literature - especially now that it's nearly impossible to come out of adult experience without some addic…
I wanted to literalize the surreal here. Those are my favorite kinds of stories. I love when Gabriel García Márquez does that, for instance - it adds… - Porochista Khakpour
I wanted to literalize the surreal here. Those are my favorite kinds of stories. I love when Gabriel García Márquez does that, for instance - it adds…
But literature, I discovered, can also save you. Truly. Over the cliché and through the truth, it can save. - Porochista Khakpour
But literature, I discovered, can also save you. Truly. Over the cliché and through the truth, it can save.
I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these characters are all parentless -… - Porochista Khakpour
I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these characters are all parentless -…
Because for me to go fully experimental, it would turn into an artist book actually. And I'm not opposed to that. But I wanted to toy with the conven… - Porochista Khakpour
Because for me to go fully experimental, it would turn into an artist book actually. And I'm not opposed to that. But I wanted to toy with the conven…
Time kept on and on like the cheapest toilet paper. - Porochista Khakpour
Time kept on and on like the cheapest toilet paper.
9/11 was just an enormous event in so many senses of the word - I mean, we are still in the "post-9/11 era" and perhaps will be forever? Sometimes it… - Porochista Khakpour
9/11 was just an enormous event in so many senses of the word - I mean, we are still in the "post-9/11 era" and perhaps will be forever? Sometimes it…
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