Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Debt, Cults, and Our Inner Algorithms
The narrator of your story “ Minimum Payment Due ” is mired in debt and, from the outset, trying to
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Media What inspired you to become a writer? I always wanted to be a writer, ever since I wrote my first six-page book, The Deer, in third grade—which I illustrated with a ballpoint pen and stapled together. Though I didn’t have the confidence to become a writer until I moved to Thailand in 1989 and, after a series of events, I ended up writing for the English-language newspaper and for several niche magazines. Who are a few of your favorite authors/photographers/artists/journalists? Authors: Annie LaMott, Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Dillard, Bruce Chatwin. Artists: Cézanne, Bonnard, Dufy. What’s the worst job/assignment you’ve ever had? An administrative assistant for an insurance company, in which my main job was inputting numbers. Luckily, it was part-time, and the rest of the time I was an intern at a regional magazine. Which is your favorite city in the U.S.? San Francisco. What’s your all-time favorite film? It’s a toss-up between A Room with A View and Chariots of Fire. Which newspapers/magazines/websites do you read regularly? Washington Post , National Geographic , NPR, CNN. Would you rather become the next editor-in-chief of the New Yorker or replace Trevor Noah as host of the “Daily Show”? I don’t think my DNA has me heading anything as large as the New Yorker or the Daily Show. I am a worker bee, doing my research, seeking out my story lines, and hoping to make a little bit of difference in the process. What are your favorite “highbrow” pastimes? Running, traveling, […]
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The narrator of your story “ Minimum Payment Due ” is mired in debt and, from the outset, trying to
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