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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and...

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