First Draft - Hafeez Lakhani

About this episode

Hafeez Lakhani discusses his writing journey and his novel 'Abundance'.

Hafeez Lakhani was born in Hyderabad, India and raised in suburban South Florida. His novel is called Abundance. His fiction and essays have appeared in Crazyhorse, Exposition Review, Salt Hill, Tikkun, The Cortland Review, and The Southern Review, among other places, and have garnered fellowships from PEN America and The Center for Fiction. He was twice recognized with a Notable Essay in Best American Essays and twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. After publishing his essay, If We Show That We Like They Make More Mainga, he was profiled by the Huffington Post as one of “Eight Fantastic New Writers To Look Out For”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mitzi Rapkin

Guest: Hafeez Lakhani

Topics covered

• writing
• fiction
• essays
• literature
• author interview

Keywords

• Hafeez Lakhani
• Abundance
• writing
• fiction
• essays
• literature
• PEN America

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PEN America, The Center for Fiction, Crazyhorse, Exposition Review, Salt Hill, Tikkun, The Cortland Review, The Southern Review, Huffington Post

Books & works: Abundance

Places: Hyderabad, South Florida

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