As a celebration of our alumni, each month we will highlight a new book written by one of
Oxford's alumni.
Our May 2025 book is "LIQUID: A Love Story"
by Mariam Rahmani (Pembroke College, 2011).
Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Her debut novel Liquid, A Love Story — out this spring with Algonquin in the US and Doubleday in the UK — has been lauded in outlets like The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, British Vogue, and Foreign Policy, and in interviews with BOMB, Poets & Writers, Image/LA Times,Electric Literature, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Her fiction, essays, and translations have appeared in the likes of Granta, Gulf Coast, n+1, New York Magazine, and People. Her first translation was well reviewed in The New Yorker and The New York Times. Liquid was named an Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of the Year and a March Book of the Month Club Main Pick. It is currently being translated into Italian, Dutch, and Croatian. Rahmani currently teaches at Bennington College.
You can purchase "LIQUID: A Love Story" here.
Are you an alumni author?
If you have written a book which was published within the last three years, or is due to be released soon, please email us the following information.
Your full name
A high-quality headshot
A short bio
Alumni number (or college/year of matriculation)
Title of book
Date of publication
ISBN
Link to purchase the book online
We thank you for sharing your books with us, and will let you know if you are selected for a feature in the coming months.
Please visit our archive page to look back at previous Alumni Authors