Kamil Ahsan

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Kamil Ahsan

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Kamil Ahsan has a doctorate in biology from the University of Chicago, and is pursuing another in history at Yale. His work has appeared in The Nation, NPR, Los Angeles Review of Books, and more.

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8/31/20

A girl obsesses over <i>The Lying Life Of Adults</i> in Elena Ferrante’s latest novel

A girl obsesses over The Lying Life Of Adults in Elena Ferrante’s latest novel

“The truth is difficult, growing up you’ll understand that, novels aren’t sufficient for it.” This proclamation in…

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PublishedAugust 31, 2020

1/13/20

Queer desire is beautifully messy in Garth Greenwell’s magnificent <i>Cleanness</i>

Queer desire is beautifully messy in Garth Greenwell’s magnificent Cleanness

“The so-called straight person is no safer than I am really,” James Baldwin said in his last known interview.…

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PublishedJanuary 13, 2020

9/30/19

Ben Lerner’s <i>The Topeka School</i> is better without its “timely” label

Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School is better without its “timely” label

In Ben Lerner’s new novel, The Topeka School, an 8-year-old Adam Gordon, future high school debate champion, is…

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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019

7/15/19

Chuck Klosterman’s <i>Raised In Captivity </i>is a bunch of empty premises

Chuck Klosterman’s Raised In Captivity is a bunch of empty premises

Billed as “microdoses of the straight dope” and somewhat charmingly subtitled Fictional Nonfiction, Chuck…

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PublishedJuly 15, 2019

5/6/19

Tragedy strikes an immigrant family in the bleak and beautiful <i>The Unpassing</i>

Tragedy strikes an immigrant family in the bleak and beautiful The Unpassing

There’s a hothouse isolation pervading Chia-Chia Lin’s debut novel that’s evocative of Jeffrey Eugenides’…

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PublishedMay 6, 2019

1/14/19

Sex addiction turns tiresome in <em>Adèle</em>, from the author of <i>The Perfect Nanny</i>

Sex addiction turns tiresome in Adèle, from the author of The Perfect Nanny

Adèle, by the French-Moroccan author Leila Slimani, is set to be released in English tomorrow, coming to English…

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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019