Kenan Orhan

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

Missouri officials directed county election administrators to make voters temporarily unable to vote if they were flagged as potential noncitizens by a federal tool.

But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.

The text definitely doesn't live up to the beautiful cover but I hope it doesn't disappoint too much.

It's such a clever design! Very lucky to have such a brilliant group of people supporting this book

Some really cool bookmarks arrived all the way from the UK.

His mother is dying. Will she finally stop yelling at him? - The Boston Globe Mothers who just don’t understand have been a fixture in literature since literature was invented. After all, Hamlet’s mom marries the man who murdered his dad.

i reviewed “night night fawn” by jordy rosenberg for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/a...

Ok, this was one of the most devastating books I’ve ever read. There’s nothing else like it. Run don’t walk #booksky #therenovation @kenanorhan.bsky.social

February reads

65 and not a cloud in the sky. No better way to spend the day than at the courts.

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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Treat yourself this Tuesday to an incredible debut out today!

The UK copies have arrived!

In Kenan Orhan's debut novel 'The Renovation,' a hole in the bathroom tears open time and space A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

Great interview with @kenanorhan.bsky.social for his surreal new novel “The Renovation” - published last week. I’m looking forward to diving into this one.

In Kenan Orhan's debut novel 'The Renovation,' a hole in the bathroom tears open time and space A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

Had a wonderful time talking with Scott Simon about The Renovation for @npr.org's Weekend Edition

www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...

Do you think a mistake has been made?

An Inherited Melancholy: A Guest Post by Kenan Orhan - B&N Reads Living in exile, Dilara feels the constant pull of her homeland, until an unexpected prison materializes within her home in this haunting tale steeped in magical realism. Read n for an exclusive essay...

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Between Two Istanbuls: Telling Stories of a Place That No Longer Exists Growing up, I spent many summers visiting family in Istanbul: a mess of close and distant relatives, twenty of us piled into a two-bedroom apartment. The city exists in my mind as a kaleidoscope of…

Kenan Orhan explores the intersection of memory, identity and self-imposed exile in THE RENOVATION. lithub.com/between-two-...

Allegra Goodman, Ej Dickson, Chris Jennings, and more: 22 new books out today! Five more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil, but who’s counting? As the week eases into Valentine’s Day, I can’t say there’s a huge selection of romance in this week&#…

The 22 new books out today include titles by Allegra Goodman, Ej Dickson, Chris Jennings, and more.

Between Two Istanbuls: Telling Stories of a Place That No Longer Exists Growing up, I spent many summers visiting family in Istanbul: a mess of close and distant relatives, twenty of us piled into a two-bedroom apartment. The city exists in my mind as a kaleidoscope of…

@kenanorhan.bsky.social explores the intersection of memory, identity and self-imposed exile while writing about Istanbul.

These Kansas City tenants say their rent strike worked: ‘Together we stand, divided we fall’ Joe Mount and Tina McDonald are two leaders in the Bowen Tower Tenant Union, a union of renters in Raytown. After a months-long rent strike, they reached an agreement with their California-based landlord that includes lower rent and utility rates, plus commitments to fix longstanding maintenance issues.

After a months-long rent strike, tenants reached an agreement with their California-based landlord that includes lower rent and utility rates, plus commitments to fix longstanding maintenance issues.

The Best New Books to Read in February From Tayari Jones' Kin to Gisele Pelicot's memoir, here are the best books to read this month

"Kenan Orhan unspools an eerie, evocative allegory that (literally) spans East and West."

THE RENOVATION is a TIME most anticipated book of February: time.com/7362790/best...

Welcome to the One-Man Regime — The Dial The US looks a lot like Turkey.

In 2014, Erdoğan became the first president in Turkey to win an American-style election. Once in power, he used the example of the U.S. electoral system to justify the creation of a strongman presidency. Kaya Genç reports: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

And wrapping it all up with a reading at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social in Providence on the 26th!

symposiumbooks.com/event/2026-0...

Kenan Orhan presents The Renovation "Elegant, propulsive, and wholly original" - Cecile PIn

Then it's off the the east coast for a reading at P&T Knitware in NYC on the 24th!

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I'll also be at The Raven in Lawrence on the 12th!

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I've got a few events on the occasion of The Renovation's publication. Very happy to be at Rainy Day again for a reading on Monday February 9th!

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The Best New Books to Read in February From Tayari Jones' Kin to Gisele Pelicot's memoir, here are the best books to read this month

Very cool to see The Renovation rounded up in Time Magazine.

time.com/7362790/best...

I'm very professional

Back at it.

January reads

I asked author @kayagenc.bsky.social about the role of intellectuals in the face of democratic backsliding.

He referenced the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota in his answer: "Our responsibility is just to say it as it is."

Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=in5B...