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Babak Lakghomi

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Babak Lakghomi is the author of South (Dundurn Press, 2023) and Floating Notes (Tyrant Books, 2018). His writing has appeared in American Short Fiction, NOON, Electric Literature, Fence, Ninth Letter, and The Adroit Journal, and has been translated into Italian and Farsi. Babak was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and writes in Toronto.

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Average rating: 3.6 · 541 ratings · 192 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
South
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message 2: by Parisa
Aug 11, 2018 11:40AM

Parisa Babak! I did not know that you have published your work! Congrats :) Cannot wait to read it!


message 1: by Stephen
Jul 16, 2015 11:09PM

Stephen P(who no longer can participate due to illness) Thanks so much Babak for accepting my request. I'm very much looking forward to getting to see your reviews and more of your comments. Our similar reading tastes should provide for many interesting recommendations and discussions.


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