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Kristy Cacciapaglia @kristyisreading.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Currently reading: 99 Nights in Logar by @jamiljankochai.bsky.social #booksky

Jamil Jan Kochai @jamiljankochai.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My new story “An Open Heart” is out in the @newyorker.com flash fiction series. It’s a long, strange sentence with stories within stories and a MySpace reference.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/08/2025

“They cut open my father’s chest and splayed his ribs out beneath their halogen lamps and, inside his heart, they inserted a ticking device whose purpose we couldn’t exactly discern . . .” Flash fiction by Jamil Jan Kochai.

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“An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai

Arman scoffed at the idea of a life beyond death, and Dad pointed out the irony of a ghost denying the afterlife.

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cohen+dobernigg BUCHHANDEL @codobuch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Was liest du gerade, Daniela? J. J. Kochai DIE HEIMSUCHUNG DES HADSCHI HOTAK Mal laut, mal leise und immer auf den Punkt erzählt und verwebt Kochai Geschichten, die er auf Paschto und Farsi gehört hat, mit seiner Lebenswelt. codobuch.buchkatalog.de/die-heimsuch... @jamiljankochai.bsky.social

Daniela liest DIE HEIMSUCHUNG DES HADSCHI HOTAK!

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Meagan Arthur @m-e-arthur.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Our spring issue of Quarterly West is live! Featuring our quirky, thought-provoking prose contest winners and the incredible pieces chosen as finalists! www.quarterlywest.com Endless thanks to @jamiljankochai.bsky.social for judging this year!

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Quarterly West

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Attic Wife @elyhynes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today i learned that the idea for the short story The Haunting of Hajji Hotak by Jamil Jan Kochai came from an Onion article @bencollins.bsky.social you can find it here www.audible.com/pd/The-Best-...

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The Best Short Stories 2023

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Jamil Jan Kochai, David Ryan, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Lisa Taddeo, Ling Ma, Catherine...

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“There’s a madness in this country.” The Former Detective by Jamil Jan Kochai SACRAMENTO NOIR #SundaySentence @jamiljankochai.bsky.social

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David DeGusta @davidwrites1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Looking forward to reading these stories from my hometown, by such writers as @jamiljankochai.bsky.social, William T. Vollmann, and Maceo Montoya. Edited by John Freeman who I just now learned is also from Sacramento.

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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The deadline to apply to our Winter Online Workshops is this weekend! Whether you are at work on short stories or a novel, our Fiction Faculty are sure to help you stir up something new and exhilarating. This year's staff is a list of true stunners! kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Author photos for our Fiction Faculty for our Winter Online Adult Writers Workshops: Farah Ali
Gina Chung
Rachel Heng
Jamil Jan Kochai
Joseph Earl Thomas
Nafissa Thompson-Spires

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Jamil Jan Kochai @jamiljankochai.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I'm honored to announce that I'll be joining the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University as Assistant Professor, and I want to take this oppurtunity to reaffirm my support for all those who are resisting the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians.

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Jamil Jan Kochai @jamiljankochai.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Students loved the video essay! Probably had one of our best conversations all year.

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Jamil Jan Kochai @jamiljankochai.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Had an incredible time chatting with the brilliant @knadiminti.bsky.social and @aarthivadde.bsky.social about second person POV, Final Fantasy VII, Afghan oral narratives, and "War on Terror" literature. I could have chatted with them both for hours!

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