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@omarelakkad

I write for a living. My literary agent is Anne McDermid of . My film/TV agent is Michelle Kroes of CAA. omaronstrike@gmail.com

Portland, OR
Joined March 2009

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    This country is a man trying to describe a burning building without using the word fire. A People's Future of the United States February 5, 2019

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    Please GOP Senators, think about how you’ll be written about in the history books you’ll burn

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  3. Esi is a genius and this was a really great night.

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    Jan 30

    Presidents are allowed to do whatever they want for any reason they want. Except black Presidents. Who aren't even allowed to lawfully appoint Supreme Court justices during their term.

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  5. And all of this because some publisher decided this book had to be a phenomenon at any cost. I hope these folks are aware of how much long-term damage they’ve done, and I’m sorry I helped them do it.

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  6. As a result, they’ve wiped any trace of the original review from their web site. A somewhat forgettable book that in any other year would have come and gone is now the subject of attention that isn’t being given to countless authors who deserve it more.

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  7. When I found out, I rewrote the review. The folks at BookPage had a meeting of their own, and decided they too had been taken for a ride. But they wouldn’t run my new review, because it violates their no-negative-review policy.

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  8. BookPage has a no-negative-review policy. So I found the one thing the book did well – it’s fast-paced – and wrote about that. A few weeks later, I learned the marketing copy was all bullshit. There is no personal connection. The author’s husband immigrated here from… Ireland.

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  9. Through very careful language, the marketing copy for American Dirt implied that the author not only had a personal connection to the material, but that her husband himself had an even more direct connection, being an illegal immigrant himself.

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  10. A couple of months ago, BookPage asked me to review American Dirt. The advance copy arrived with a letter from the publisher, which in hindsight is honestly one of the more disingenuous things I’ve ever read.

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  11. I don’t know if the writing world needs another American Dirt thread, but I got conned by the folks behind this book’s marketing and I’m mad about it, so for whatever it’s worth, here’s some details about how this thing was presented to the world…

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    Jan 28

    If you want today in a tweet: The American president, now facing an impeachment trial, unveiled a proposal from his unqualified son-in-law to let Israel's caretaker government, led by an indicted prime minister, start annexing large tracts of occupied land.

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  13. Anna's book launches in the U.S. in March. Please pick it up if you can. It's one of the most honest, well-researched and bravest things I've ever read.

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    Jan 23

    This year's One Book One SFU with and is expected to sell out, so definitely show up early with your tickets to score yourself a great seat! 📖🎟️Learn more:

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    I love these tweets. I love it when the headline basically reads "worst person on earth openly advocates against making world they fucked up a better place"

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    Great idea. There was a respected Washington Post columnist who i would love to have investigate the matter but you killed him

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  17. I honestly can't tell if these guys picked the name of their group knowing it's Arabic translation or not.

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    Jan 16

    ** Extra tickets released ** There’s still time to get a free ticket for One Book One SFU on Jan. 30th! Join us to see in conversation with . 🙌📖✨ Register at:

    Black and white photos of Esi Edugyen and Omar El Akkad. Cover of the book Washington Black. Text: Jan 30, 2020 at 7pm. Esi Edugyan on cknversation with Omar El Akkad. Washington Black: A Novel. finalist for the Man Booker Prize. One Book One SFU. SFU Library. SFU Woodward’s. Pulp fiction Books.
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    Jan 14

    It's weird that candidates have to answer "how will you pay for healthcare for everyone" right after a 30-minute segment of "which endless war will you start" without any question "...and how will you pay for all that war?"

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  20. "And one day, too late, your principles, if you were ever sensible of them, all rush in upon you." An evergreen passage about the creep of fascism.

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    Shoutout to the registered voter who thought Mexico was Iran, your vote counts as much as mine

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