Addiction and identity

Debut fiction from poet Kaveh Akbar searches for true self in sobriety


Kaveh Akbar will read from and discuss Martyr! with Henry Hoke in a free event at New Dominion Bookshop on January 26. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.

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