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Jamil Jan Kochai: U-M English Department Zell Visiting Writers Series
Reading and talk by this Afghanistan-born, California-based writer. His award-winning debut novel, 99 Nights in Logar, borrows its structure from The Arabian Nights and was described by Harper’s as “funny” and “surreal.” His 2022 short story collection, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories, was inspired by a satirical headline in The Onion: “FBI Counterterrorism Agent Wistfully Recalls Watching 20-Year-Old Muslim-American Grow Up.” Q&A. Also, tomorrow Kochai gives a free craft lecture titled “The Sentence” (10–11 a.m., Michigan Union, Anderson Rm.). 5:30–6:30 p.m., UMMA Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State. Free. [email protected].
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