The Haunting of Haji Hothak and Other Stories

Jamil Jan Kochai won the Aspen literary prize for his collection, The Haunting of Haji Hothak. We talked about Afghanistan, writing family history and going to scary places in his writing. You can find that interview and the entire first draft archive of more than 400 interviews at firstdraftwriters.com. Coming up in the next few months on first draft interviews with T.C. Boyle, Steven Burrow and Curtis Sittenfeld.