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In this PBS NewsHour video, Kaveh Akbar speaks about writing his first novel, Martyr! (Knopf, 2024), and how pop culture as well as Persian and contemporary literature mix into the narrative in an interview with Jeffrey Brown. The novel is featured in Page One in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Kaveh Akbar | Martyr! | novel | Knopf | PBS NewsHour | interview | Page One | January/February 2024
