A terrifying red mushroom that appeared in my yard and collapsed partially under its own weight. Allow for me to give a detailed account of the things I didn’t do this past month: I didn’t make it to 50,000 words this NaNoWriMo;I didn’t meet my personal fundraising goal for Project As[I]Am to put out another […]
If you haven’t already done so, I highly encourage you to check out the “Our Greatest Resource” issue just released at Project As[I]Am. It features love letters, poetry, visual and audio art about the world we want to create. You can also hear our editors speak on the issue in our audio letter — edited […]
I feel like I have had a certain conversation on repeat for the past few weeks, but I can’t stop myself. The words are there right under my skin. “it is this time that matters it is this history I care about the one we make together awkward inconsistent as a lame cat on the loose or quick as kids freed […]
It feels like it’s been eons since last Monday. Last Monday, I was attending a birth and still adjusting my sleep schedule from being a creature of the night back to being a creature of the day. I was also running around trying to respond to a subpoena from the Bronx juror system (more innocuous […]
Calling all New Yorkers: I’m excited to announce that this Saturday at 6pm I will be reading as part of the Eyes on Bangladesh photography exhibit! The exhibit is showcasing the work of Bengali photographers who show a different side of Bangladesh not often seen in the West, and wants to begin a dialogue between […]
I found a title for my short story collection this week. It’s often hard for me to find titles — I’m more of a longform writer in the first place, so if short stories are hard, then you can imagine how a three-word title would send me into hours of contemplation. I’ve also been learning […]
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 […]
These posts were written during the summer while I was in Bangladesh, in preparation for the upcoming academic year. Long story short: when I looked back at the archive, I didn’t have the desire or the time to put them up. But now, since I’m coming back to the blog, I decided that some of […]
I am excited to announce that this week I am going to be reading my own fiction at Asian American Writer’s Workshop! Come see me read my work at the MIXTAPE – the opening event for the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective‘s transmedia literary festival this Friday at 7pm. More info below: Creative Commons: A […]
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 […]