After a dazzling career in poetry, the Iranian American author makes his novelist debut with ‘Martyr!’, a story based on his ...

The authors of the celebrated novels ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘Martyr!’ are each other’s valued early readers. “We both wrote ...

The two writers, currently on a joint book tour through the Bay Area, sat down with The Daily Californian in San Francisco’s ...

The minister said, “We have seen the books of all classes. We have not found it (mention of Akbar as great) in the books yet. If it is there, then all the books will be burnt.” ...

On the final page of Kaveh Akbar’s 2024 novel “Martyr!,” the first person he thanks in his acknowledgements for helping him complete his debut work of fiction is “Tommy Orange: bandmate.” It’s ...

Wandering Stars author Tommy Orange and Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar teamed up for a Bay Area book tour this month, stopping at six independent bookstores and the East Bay Innovation Academy, a school ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar, two authors who are also best friends on a driving tour of the Bay area.

Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar write about serious events in life. Tommy Orange, member of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, begins his last book, "Wandering Stars," with the murder of 230 Native ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar, two authors who are also best friends on a driving tour of the Bay area.