4/26: Writing in the Weeds Virtual Workshop

My brilliant friend sara abdullah and I will be hosting this online writing workshop on April 26th! Register here and tell us you’re going on Facebook here. Workshop description below. Writing in the Weeds — An Online Generative Writing WorkshopSunday, April 26th, 12pm-3pm PST/3pm-6pm EST What lessons do ‘weeds’ have for our creative and social […]

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SeattleMet Essay on Doulas & Advocacy
Image description: me holding a SeattleMet magazine that is primarily blue and says 'The Ultimate Neighborhood Guide'. I am wearing a red bandana, which is my new indoor fashion choice because my hair is growing in some awkward ways!

A little positive quarantine news: I received my copy of the April issue of SeattleMet this week which features my short personal essay on doula work as a form of advocacy and activism! Excited to see it in print! You can read an online version at the SeattleMet website. [Image description: me holding a SeattleMet […]

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VIDEO: Get Lit! Festival Reading
Image description: two black and white photo stills from video of me stacked on top of one another. The top one has me raising my arms above my head and the bottom one I am reaching my arms forward. You can see me from the waist up in front of a tall full bookcase.

I am so excited to share a video I did that was posted by the Get Lit! Festival – sadly the in-person festival got canceled due to, well you know, but writers are posting up pieces they would have shared. In mine, I am reading an older work called ‘Sonali Exchange’ and talking about how […]

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The Best Laid Plans…

Here’s another thing I need to add to my ‘notorious-for’ list: hatching ridiculous plans and following through on them, but failing to follow through on completely reasonable ones. I returned to the United States this week fully intending to put up all my photo documentation of my Bangladesh trip, but you know what happened instead? […]

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Caught My Eye: “Tips for Freelancers, Artists, & Other Creative Types”

Though it definitely fits better with last week’s posts on valuing your work and balancing productivity with creativity, I re-read this article recently and it warmed my heart just as it did the first time: Tips for Freelancers, Artists, and Other Creative Types is a witty guide to all of the cumbersome (yet practical) things […]

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