A snippet of Lynda Barry‘s inspiring book What It Is. If you’re curious what the best way is to announce your already-obvious absence, I would recommend writing a journal-style blog post. Here’s my take on it. Working two jobs came to a head for me this month; when my body was in one place, my […]
Mural on the side of Marcus Books in Oakland, CA “Hi there, miss, what are you reading?” I rarely just sit on the subway. More often, my face is buried in a book or I am scribbling away in an oversized notebook, causing passengers around me to squirm as they try to read my loopy […]
“‘What else can I do? I am sitting under the sword of Damocles. So I have to be cautious. I don’t sleep at home at night. But I believe in destiny. I can never die before my death.’” – pg. 120, Of Blood and Fire, Jahanara Imam quoting Mr. Saleq
Photo credit: Heather Hoppe This summer, I’ve listed my five favorite Poe pieces, but you didn’t think that was the only thing I was reading, did you? Here is, in no particular order, a smattering of my favorites from reading this summer. 1. The Black Woman: This anthology of writing by and about black women […]
This summer, I decided that I would read the entire collection of a writer that I consider great. I thought about going after so many different people – everyone from Octavia Butler to Shakespeare – but finally settled on someone (creepily) close to my heart: Edgar Allan Poe! There’s my little Poe button. Whoo! I […]
At the beginning of every new semester, my shelves are graced with the delicate smells of the paper factory and the used bookstore. Thick textbooks and reprints of novels I haven’t read come in waves through our mail system, and even two weeks in I am still receiving packages loaded down with titles like And […]
I want to explore a little bit more about South Asian identity and where it comes from for young South Asian Americans. I grew in a multi-racial (but still primarily white) neighborhood with few Indians and no Bangladeshis my age, so I may only speak for myself in this post, but where I found a […]
I wrote too much yesterday. So today I am just going to say exactly what I want.I want TIME TO READ! Check out some more posts featuring my photography.