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Posts by: Aatif Rashid

Reality Is Absurd: Talking with Ted O’Connell

By Aatif Rashid

May 29th, 2020

Ted O’Connell discusses his first book, K: A NOVEL.

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Aatif Rashid is the author of the novel Portrait of Sebastian Khan (7.13 Books, 2019). His short stories and nonfiction pieces have appeared in various literary magazines and websites, and he writes regularly about fiction writing for The Kenyon Review blog.

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