Imad Rahman
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| Born | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer Professor |
| Nationality | Pakistani American |
| Genres | Fiction |
Imad Rahman is a Pakistani American fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004.
[edit] Biography
A native of Karachi, Pakistan who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman is an assistant professor of English at Kansas State University. He has a master of arts from Ohio University and a master of fine arts from the University of Florida. He was the James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in 2001-2002.
The stories in I Dream of Microwaves feature a Pakistani actor who laments that he can't even get work in the U.S. portraying criminals.
[edit] Bibliography
- I Dream of Microwaves (2004, short story collection)
