Imad Rahman is a

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fiction writer whose first

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collection was published in 2004.

Biography

A native of

Karachi, Pakistan Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman was an assistant professor of English at

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

, and, as of 2008, is an assistant professor of English at

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...

, where he directs the Imagination Writers Conference. He is a graduate of

Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium ...

, and holds a Master of Arts from

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and a Master of Fine Arts from the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. He was the James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing at the

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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.

Bibliography

''Short Story Publications'' * 2013: 'The Brigadier-General Takes His Final Stand' in xo Orpheus * 2005: "All Roads Lead to Flesh and Bone" in Willow Springs Literary Journal, Issue 55 * 2003: "Eating Ohio" in One Story, Issue 19 * 2001: "I Dream of Microwaves" in Gulf Coast Literary Journal
''Books'' * 2004: ''I Dream of Microwaves,'' short story collection

External links

2004 newspaper interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Imad Pakistani emigrants to the United States University of Wisconsin–Madison fellows Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Ohio University alumni Kansas State University faculty Cleveland State University faculty University of Florida alumni American short story writers Living people Writers from Karachi Year of birth missing (living people)