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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What’s the last great book you read? I recently reread Edwidge Danticat’s “The Art of Death,” an extraordinary exploration of how we make meaning from death in life and literature. It was even more revelatory reading it from this point in the pandemic. Are there any classic novels that you only recently read for the first time? Not a novel, but C.S. Lewis’s “A Grief Observed.” It was one of a few books that helped me articulate the recent loss of a loved one. Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). I currently live between Florida and the New York area, so my ideals are beachside on a warm day or while sinking into the sofa on a cold and gray one, a bound book in my hands because I love the feel of paper pages. My reading tends to happen at night or in short increments between other tasks, and I’ve become much more habituated to reading in digital formats. What’s your favorite book no one else has heard of? One of my favorite books that many have heard of and love well, but maybe less so outside of […] Credit…Rebecca Clarke, What books are on your nightstand? “The Easy Life” by Marguerite Duras, “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan, “The Hero of This Book” by Elizabeth McCracken, “Fiona and Jane” by Jean Chen Ho, “Heart Berries,” by Terese Marie Mailhot, and “Abyss,” by Pilar Quintana.
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The narrator of your story “ Minimum Payment Due ” is mired in debt and, from the outset, trying to
Hanif Kureishi You have been back in your London home for several months now, after a year in different hospitals,
