In Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel, the Iranian-American poet Cyrus Shams is trying to write a book about martyrdom. We learn early, as part of his backstory, that his mother was one of 290 civilians killed when the USS Vincennes
In Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel, the Iranian-American poet Cyrus Shams is trying to write a book about martyrdom. We learn early, as part of his backstory, that his mother was one of 290 civilians killed when the USS Vincennes
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