Sehba Sarwar is a thought-provoking author and speaker, an inspirational artist, and a dynamic community and cultural activist, who is dedicated to creating connections between communities around the globe. Through her writings, talks, and workshops, Sehba encourages awareness and action among people of all ages and backgrounds. Please contact her so she can visit your campus or community to offer a workshop, reading, or leadership training!
Writer, Artist, Writing Coach, Workshop Leader, and Community Activist
BLOG
I use this channel to document my movement between spaces including Houston, Karachi, Delhi, Dhaka, Los Angeles and elsewhere, recording observations, images and conversations. It’s my space to share the multiple realities I inhabit as writer, artist, mother, activist and transnational. I hope you will enjoy the journey along with me.
selling fast…
on 15 May, 2019
Top left: Gwendolyn Zepeda and some Houston Noir contributors at Murder by the Book, Houston, Texas; Top right: My reading at Skylight Books, Los Angeles, California; Bottom right and left: audience members and...
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on the move …
on 26 Apr, 2019
My reading at Rio Hondo College’s annual literary festival with an image of my father, Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, in the background; photo by Tom Callinan “Thank you, miss,” a student said as...
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global standout for peace / LA…
on 09 Mar, 2019
poster designed by Priyali Sur Last week, as fear of war between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed countries, remained a viable threat, activists around the globe organized to call for peace in...
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Ongoing
Release of second edition of novel Black Wings (Veliz Books, 2019) and book tour March 2019 and onward in Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, San Antonio, Vancouver, and more; click below to view cities and dates.
May 2019
Participated in LitFest Pasadena with four writers in a session entitled, Lenguas Revoltosas: Writers of Color Disrupting Traditional Literary Zones, also participated in a panel that tackled issues around "toxic masculinity," Pasadena, California
May 2019
Engaged in PEN America's World Voices Festival in a conversation, Seeing Beyond Satire and Stereotypes, with writer Mohammad Hanif, Pasadena, California.
May 2019
My short story "Railway Track," a murder story appeared in Houston Noir anthology, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda, Akashic Books, New York; participated in book release reading and panel, Houston, Texas.
May 2019
Interview with Krupa Parikh on Open Book: Inprint Blog: "Author Sehba Sarwar talks about the new edition of her novel Black Wings."
April 2019
Podcast of April 2018 conversation and reading with Neela Banerjee at Skylight Books, Los Angeles, California.
April 2019
Featured writer at Rio Hondo College's annual Rites of Spring Literary Festival, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, California.
March 2019
Curated and hosted "Poetry for Peace," an artistic response to rising violence in Kashmir, India, and threat of war between India and Pakistan, Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, California.
PUBLICATIONS
Over the past three decades, I have generated essays, poems and short-stories that have appeared in anthologies, newspapers and online publications. Much of my work explores cross-border experiences, moving between Pakistan, the US, and the spaces in between, tackling women’s issues, displacement and migration.
Sehba Sarwar with students at Baker-Ripley Community Center (Houston); photo: Michelle Garcia
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Since the 1990’s, I have given talks and readings and have served as visiting writer and adjunct faculty member at colleges and universities around the United States and Pakistan. I am currently identifying new course topics and am interested in developing these for upcoming sessions. Review some of my past workshops.
PROJECTS
Though I am primarily known as a writer and educator, I have generated a large body of solo and collaborative art installations that tackle many issues including women’s reproductive rights and border/migration disputes. Browse through some of my work.
CONTACT
I am an author and speaker, an artist, and a community and cultural activist.
If I can use my talents and passions to inspire you or your network to push boundaries and become involved in our communities, please connect with me. I offer a range of services including: readings, workshops, courses, or multidisciplinary performances/installations. I look forward to hearing from you!
