Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. He is the author of a memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, McSweeney’s, The New York Times Magazine, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among other publications. He lives in New York City and teaches at New York University.


Articles by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Monday October 28

The PEN Ten with Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

After I eat breakfast I clear off the table and wheel in my ergonomic chair which I have to keep in the bedroom for space reasons. The light is nice in the living room, and it’s near my stereo so I can listen to Howard Stern when I get bored. Then in the evening, I turn off my laptop and wheel away my chair. It’s as if nothing has happened.

Tuesday February 14

Streets of Pittsburgh

When I was twenty-two, a small design firm in Pittsburgh hired me to make maps. That I had landed such excellent employment despite being a college dropout with no discernible skills—other than an ability to type sixty words a minute—seemed heartening.