The New Yorker
The True Margaret by Karan Mahajan
Associate Professor Karan Mahajan's latest work of fiction, The True Margaret, may be read through the New Yorker's online site.
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Literary Arts
Karan Mahajan
Associate Professor of Literary Arts
Biography
Fall 2025 Courses
- LITR 1010A — Advanced Fiction
- LITR 2710 — Literary Arts Pedagogy in Practice
Spring 2026 Courses
- LITR 1230Y — Structuring (and Destructuring) Novels
- LITR 27100 – Pedagogy Seminar
Karan Mahajan is the author of Family Planning, a finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and The Association of Small Bombs, which was shortlisted for the 2016 National Book Awards, won the 2017 New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and was named one of the New York Times Book Review's "Ten Best Books of 2016." In 2017, he was selected as one of Granta's "Best of Young American Novelists." His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker Online, n+1, The New Republic, and other venues.