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Randa Jarrar is the author of the memoir Love Is An ExCountry, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She is also a performer who has appeared in independent films and in the TV show RAMY. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Bitch, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award and an American Book Award, as well as awards and fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, PEN, and others.

Her most recent work You're a Teen Mom: Instructions part of our ongoing series curated by Roxane Gay celebrating original voices is available to read or listen now on Everand.