Roohi Choudhry holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and now teaches at the Gotham Writers' Workshop in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, The Normal School, The Butter and is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review. She is currently working on a novel set in Durban, South Africa. Find out more at www.brooklynstani.com.
My money is no good here. I may wear the clothes or speak the language, but something in my manner always betrays me as foreign. Despite my chosen title, I do not belong in Brooklynstan.