Up Next: Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.

Poet Cyrus Shams is surrounded by death. His uncle was an angel of death during the Iran-Iraq war. His mother was shot out of the sky by the US Navy. His father Ali brought him to America, replacing one harsh reality with another, which drove Cyrus to drugs and despair. What constitutes a meaningful death? And do art and history hold the answer?

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