chertopert
Porochista Khakpourthe substack formerly known as "sicker/sickest" (2019-2021) evolved into the tragically-named placeholder "porochistatimes (2022-2025) "chertopert" feels like we're getting hotter; it is one of those feral/playful Persian words for "nonsense."
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 74 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | a year ago |
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Tehrangeles Tour Aftermath Reflections!
Apologies for being so terrible about updating here. On the one hand, this is all free, so what did we expect? On the other hand, after nearly 6 years on the site, perhaps it should not be free? I have a dream of updating three times a week...
Tehrangeles is Here!
Well, well, well. . .
On Jan 31 I wrote a Substack post that said “Tehrangeles is coming” and now, on the night before my launch, the coming is over! We have arrived! Tehrangeles is quite literally here: there are boxes of books (author co...
Residency Life Reflections
I went to my first arts residencies in the summer of 2009. First Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, then Ucross, then Yaddo—all in succession. My debut novel had come. out in 2007 and was in paperback in 2008. I had had a traumatic brea...
On Rest
Felix Vallotton, Femme couchee, dormant 1899
Last year, a publication reached out to me saying they wanted to do a package on disability & illness. They wondered if I would be up for writing a reported piece/essay on “rest.” I was immediat...
Book Review by a Ghost
I know it goes against everything—ethics, common sense, literary citizenship—to write a book review without mentioning the book but I feel like I have no choice. I am at an arts residency in Virginia, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains...
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