Naomi Kanakia is the author of three novels, out and forthcoming from Little, Brown and Harper, and of a guide to the publishing industry. Her stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Clarkesworld, Gulf Coast, F&amp;SF, The Indiana Review, West Branch, Vallum, and others. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and daughter.

Naomi Kanakia

The Dreariness of Book Club Discussions

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Memoir &amp; Essay

Are “The Classics” Bad for You?

Education

The Myth of the Classically Educated Elite

Naomi Kanakia is the author of three novels, out and forthcoming from Little, Brown and Harper, and of a guide to the publishing industry. Her stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Clarkesworld, Gulf Coast, F&amp;SF, The Indiana Review, West Branch, Vallum, and others. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and daughter.