Akhil Sharma
'The Bully,' a Short Essay on Losing Your Temper by Akhil Sharma
The author feels enraged by a man who is dying.
Akhil Sharma and Aleksandar Hemon Discuss Poverty, Happiness, and Publishing
What do two writers talk about when you sit them down with each other and a tape recorder?
Excerpt from the Novel ‘Family Life’
We are honored and humbled to be able to publish an excerpt from Family Life, Akhil Sharma's second novel. His first novel, An Obedient Father, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. He was a recipient of the Whiting prize and was one of the New...
Employees of the Month
Bobby Viteri is a beautiful boy who lives in Brooklyn. He likes bounce music, baseball, and babes. Buy Bobby a ball and he’ll bounce it down the block while belting out ballads in his blaring baritone.
The VICE Podcast - Akhil Sharma and His New Novel, 'Family Life'
This week on the VICE Podcast, VICE editor Krishna Andavolu sits down with novelist Akhil Sharma. Akhil's first novel, An Obedient Father, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. He was also a recipient of the Whiting prize and was one of the New Yorker...
We Talked to Author Akhil Sharma About His Upcoming Novel
We have been trying to publish Akhil Sharma's work ever since reading his debut novel, An Obedient Father. I decided to give him a call so we could have a brief chat about his latest book, Family Life, which is being published in April.
