
K.D. Walker
@kdwalker2000
turkish & creole writer/wanderer • @PeriplusCollect ‘23 • @tin_house Scholar ‘23 • words: @3pennyreview + @ElectricLit
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http://kd-walker.com 30-05-2017 00:45:47
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I wrote a short reflection on the student movement and our place in history for The Nation thenation.com/article/archiv…

a (very) short story of mine found its home in the print-only summer issue of The Threepenny Review. this one’s about young love, old souls, dive bars, and coincidences in new york! ✨i hope it makes you smile :) thank you Wendy Lesser!



Kyla Walker (K.D. Walker) talks with “Ask Me Again” author Clare Sestanovich (Clare Sestanovich) about curiosity as a guide in fiction and the fast-changing weather of the friendships we make in youth. buff.ly/4bRXKnd


Kyla Walker (K.D. Walker) talks with Ayşegül Savaş about her new book “The Anthropologists” and parks, anchors, little joys, and the enchanting rituals of our lives. buff.ly/3XTZWq3

Ayşegül is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, and her new novel is just as charming. It was a gift to speak with her for Electric Literature 💛

“The result is an engrossing, perceptive, and elegantly philosophical novel about the practice of paying close attention.” — Cara Blue Adams on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş. I loved this book! thebaffler.com/latest/infra-o…

Navid Sinaki (navid sinaki) on imagining what living and loving would have looked like had he stayed in Iran (interview by K.D. Walker) buff.ly/3AjvWuf




“Nonsense has a particular kind of beauty. It is more like instrumental music than a song with lyrics, more like thinking than thought.” Percival Everett, whose novel JAMES has been longlisted for a National Book Foundation award, on the "real" in fiction. yalereview.org/article/perciv…




Thank you so much The Hopkins Review for publishing my short story, “Tourist Attractions.” I’m very grateful for your support!

Three amazing authors with incredible fall debut novels! Bruna Dantas Lobato, Mike Fu, julia kornberg, thank you all for your work! and thank you to EL ❤️

Aria Aber discusses “Good Girl,” about a young Afghan German woman growing up, falling down, and rising into the storyteller she was always meant to become. (interview by K.D. Walker) buff.ly/4jqgsXl

In “Good Girl,” @AriaAber reminds us how art can be a lifeline and connection in dark times of strife and chaos. This novel is astounding and so needed right now. Thank you Electric Literature and thank you Aria for speaking about it with me 💗 electricliterature.com/aria-aber-on-f…