Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Saïd performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on January 10, 2023, speaking on the evening’s theme, “This Must Be The Place.” Watch it below.

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is the author of American Estrangement, just out in paperback, When Skateboards Will Be Free, and Brief Encounters with the Enemy. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and Granta. He teaches at New York University and Hunter College, and lives in New York City.

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