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& yes, my family did raise me right. Yes, / they cleaned their bones & cracked them clean / open to suck. Would fight over cartilage & knuckle/Sip the marrow’s nectar from urn. .
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I laugh. My laugh, this thing that sounds better on somebody else.
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With Sarah Ghazal Ali, Erin L. McCoy, and Tawanda Mulalu.
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In Midnight in Cairo, the lives of the enterprising divas are interlinked.
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Anjali Enjeti discusses SOUTHBOUND and THE PARTED EARTH.
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“The difference with memorializing my story is that I have invited others to live it, for a moment.”
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Bhaswati Ghosh discusses her debut novel, VICTORY COLONY, 1950.
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Fariha Róisín discusses her debut novel, LIKE A BIRD.
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But perhaps it is our want for firm ground that Bolina is challenging.
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I refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
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A poetry of coalition building: how would that sound?
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Aria Aber discusses her debut poetry collection, HARD DAMAGE.
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“Ultimately art is about making sense of our brief lives on earth.”
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Ramiza Shamoun Koya discusses her debut novel, THE ROYAL ABDULS.
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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh discusses her new book, STOP TELLING WOMEN TO SMILE.
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Aisha Sharif discusses her debut collection of poetry, TO KEEP FROM UNDRESSING.
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Dishonesty became a form of protection.
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I know some people believe it’s just hair. That it’s not a big deal.
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The speaker in Hard Damage, it seems, is writing herself to life.
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Secrets are expectations passed down over silent years.
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Fatimah Asghar discusses the new anthology she co-edited, HALAL IF YOU HEAR ME.
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Huda Al-Marashi discusses her new memoir, FIRST COMES MARRIAGE.
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An enjoyable and thought-provoking read, Moon Brow trades on its striking and unusual formal features to allude to the complexities and consequences of war.
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Bushra Rehman discusses her new poetry collection, MARIANNA’S BEAUTY SALON.
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“If you can’t really tell the whole story in five thousand words, are you really a writer?”
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The obscenities and tragedies of American life pile up with speed, and in quantities, that are appalling.
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It seems when our dialogue loses nuance, society in turn loses its mind.
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Confession: I’m a Hindu who loves Christmas.
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Haroon Moghul discusses How to Be a Muslim: An American Story, his own religious journey, and the blessings that come with being an outsider.
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