Brief Encounters with the Enemy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SAÏD SAYRAFIEZADEH was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. He is the author of Brief Encounters with the Enemy and a memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, McSweeney’s, The New York Times Magazine, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among other publications. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a fellowship from the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. He lives in New York City with his wife and teaches at New York University.