Kenan Orhan
@kenanorhan.bsky.social
Writer, idiot.
The Renovation (FSG 2026)
I Am My Country (Random House 2023)
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The Renovation (FSG 2026)
I Am My Country (Random House 2023)
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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.
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.
www.kcur.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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.
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"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...
THE RENOVATION is a TIME most anticipated book of February: time.com/7362790/best...
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
time.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"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...
THE RENOVATION is a TIME most anticipated book of February: time.com/7362790/best...
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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...
Welcome to the One-Man Regime — The Dial
The US looks a lot like Turkey.
www.thedial.world
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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...
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!
rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...
rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...
Kenan Orhan, The Renovation
This event includes an author talk, along with an opportunity to get your book signed and personalized.
rainydaybooks.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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!
rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...
rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0...
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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...
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...
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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...
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...
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Thank you to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for including I Am the Ghost Here in their 18 anticipated books of 2026. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
18 books to add to your 2026 reading list
Here are 18 books across genres to look out for in the new year.
www.seattletimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Thank you to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for including I Am the Ghost Here in their 18 anticipated books of 2026. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Super cool to see The Renovation is generously included in another round-up of books to look forward to in 2026
www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
The Most Hyped Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2026
ELLE’s pick of the most anticipated reads of the year. Cancel all plans now.
www.elle.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Super cool to see The Renovation is generously included in another round-up of books to look forward to in 2026
www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
Very excited to see The Renovation on Guardian's debuts to look out for
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026
A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Very excited to see The Renovation on Guardian's debuts to look out for
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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@gayadorno.bsky.social on translating Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories in a new Asymptote interview: “One thing that did feel joyful or exciting about doing this project was getting an opportunity to think of myself more as a writer.” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/12...
Unreliable Narrator, Unreliable Translator: Nicholas Glastonbury on Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories - Asymptote Blog
. . . if we can unmake or destabilize the novel, we might similarly destabilize the nation, which warrants or conscripts the novel.
www.asymptotejournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@gayadorno.bsky.social on translating Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories in a new Asymptote interview: “One thing that did feel joyful or exciting about doing this project was getting an opportunity to think of myself more as a writer.” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/12...
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“This blockade is not just against the CHP’s building, it is a blockade of the whole Turkish Republic," said Tülay Özbay at Monday's protest.
@daniel-b-thorpe.bsky.social reports on the siege of Turkey's opposition with comments by @berkesen.bsky.social on what might come next:
@daniel-b-thorpe.bsky.social reports on the siege of Turkey's opposition with comments by @berkesen.bsky.social on what might come next:
Inside the violent clashes for CHP’s Istanbul headquarters
ISTANBUL — The Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul headquarters is in an unlikely place, on the edge of town, surrounded by high-rise residential buildings, shopping malls and large motorways.
www.turkeyrecap.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“This blockade is not just against the CHP’s building, it is a blockade of the whole Turkish Republic," said Tülay Özbay at Monday's protest.
@daniel-b-thorpe.bsky.social reports on the siege of Turkey's opposition with comments by @berkesen.bsky.social on what might come next:
@daniel-b-thorpe.bsky.social reports on the siege of Turkey's opposition with comments by @berkesen.bsky.social on what might come next:
Galleys have arrived!
August 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Galleys have arrived!
Super stoked to say that The Renovation will be translated and published in Italian by Einaudi press!
August 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Super stoked to say that The Renovation will be translated and published in Italian by Einaudi press!
I'm very happy to share this beautiful cover for the UK edition of my book which will be available there 3/26/2026
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm very happy to share this beautiful cover for the UK edition of my book which will be available there 3/26/2026
Well what could this little mysterious book be?
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Well what could this little mysterious book be?
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Corporate landlords own 80% of apartments in the Kansas City area. And they’re nearly four times as likely to file to evict their tenants. (@thebeacon.bsky.social) https://loom.ly/JxCuBDg
Kansas City's corporate landlords are more likely to evict tenants and have unsafe housing
Corporate landlords have become more common since the Great Recession. Housing advocates say that hurts tenants.
www.kcur.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Corporate landlords own 80% of apartments in the Kansas City area. And they’re nearly four times as likely to file to evict their tenants. (@thebeacon.bsky.social) https://loom.ly/JxCuBDg
