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Kochai will receive a $35,000 award — one of the largest literary prizes in the United States — for his latest book, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories.”
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“The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories” explores themes of displacement, a search for home and family in the wake of violence in Afghanistan.
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A tale of secrets, regrets and relationships became the novel “How Not To Drown in In a Glass of Water,” published last year as several conversations-turned-confessionals with a job counselor.
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The author’s latest book, “The Consequences,” is a collection of short stories set mainly in the 1980s with a focus on the lives of Mexican and Mexican American farmworkers.
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“All This Could Be Different” follows a young Indian woman to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for her first job, her first love and her first real friendships in the author’s first published novel.
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“Calling For a Blanket Dance” is a coming-of-age story about a Native American and Mexican main character, Ever Geimausaddle, who navigates challenges Hokeah says he’s grappled with too.