a section of the cover of my novel, Black Wings; images by Minal Saldivar and collage by Oskar Sonnen Behind every story is another story. The new cover of...
Read more24 Jan, 2019
23 Jan, 2019
protesting for equal education for all…
23 Jan, 2019
teachers picketing outside Burbank Middle School, Highland Park, Los Angeles The teachers’ strike in Los Angeles started last week and stretched for six long days, encompassing some of the...
Read more19 Jan, 2019
women’s march, year three…
19 Jan, 2019
This morning, just like two years ago, Minal and I met up with my writer friend Elline Lipkin at Sierra Madre Villa’s metro station, so we could attend the...
Read more10 Jan, 2019
barbed wire…
10 Jan, 2019
barbed wire rolled around iron-wrought fence Close to where I currently live is a park, next to which is a public high school. A US Marines headquarters building sits at the edge...
Read more07 Jan, 2019
new work in papercuts’ nomad issue…
07 Jan, 2019
In summer 2018, writer Sorayya Khan invited me to submit new work to Desi Writer’s Lounge’s latest Papercuts issue, Nomad. The online publication was launched on December 31, 2018,...
Read more28 Dec, 2018
driving through rain and loving it…
28 Dec, 2018
Rain along the freeway between Austin toward Houston My family’s December visit to Austin and Houston was punctuated by rain, mist, and cold temperatures. I was appreciative. I love...
Read more10 Oct, 2018
devastation…
10 Oct, 2018
Photo: Courtesy Getty (via the Guardian) On September 28, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The city of Palu was destroyed as were other...
Read more13 Sep, 2018
exploring little tokyo…
13 Sep, 2018
Mural by Bunnie Reiss in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo One afternoon, while exploring Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, my friend Jamie and I stumbled on murals designed by Bunnie Reiss.
Read more19 Apr, 2018
stories all around us…
19 Apr, 2018
General Manager Mahbubul Alam, Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh (photo from my 2013 Bangladesh visit and interview) Yesterday, I returned to the printer cartridge store where I had purchased toner...
Read more24 Mar, 2018
march for our lives…
24 Mar, 2018
On our second last day of spring break, Minal made sure that we woke up early to take LA Metro to Union Station. Once at the station, we joined...
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