S5E10 -Off the Record with Sam Farhi: Neptune, The Mystic

Sam Farhi is from Ithaca, NY and now based in Baltimore. His book, The Sapsuckers, was recently released by Spuyten Duyvil Press, a small press based in New York City. Since its publication it has been chosen by Dennis Cooper as a favorite fiction pick of 2026 so far, received acclaim from indie outlets, and has been featured on LargeHeartedBoy.com. His work has appeared in The Opiate, PACKET Biweekly, ThoseThatThis, Vogue Italia Online, HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival, and Yale’s Paprika!. Recently, his work has been featured in the online lit mags Cable Street and Moral Crema. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Long Island University and is currently working on his next novel, The Sweetheart.

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