Even though my time in Karachi is brief, I’m able to carve out time to accept Asif Farrukhi’s long-standing invitation to visit Habib University, a liberal arts school that...
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07 Feb, 2017
vacant airplane…
07 Feb, 2017
Empty airplane seats on my 16-hour journey from LAX to KHI, where I’m heading for just six days to participate in the annual Karachi Literature Festival, which will attract...
Read more04 Feb, 2017
the big day…
04 Feb, 2017
author Kate DiCamillo with Minal Ever since Minal learns that she won first place in the Scholastic Reader’s Raymie Nightingale contest, she has been waiting for young adult author...
Read more03 Feb, 2017
VBB’s upcoming publication…
03 Feb, 2017
Borderlines Volume Two; image by Veer Munshi, cover design by Angela Martinez Now more than ever it’s important to push past rising walls. In about a month, Voices Breaking...
Read more25 Jan, 2017
two days later…
25 Jan, 2017
Woman waiting to catch Metro waves a banner designed by Stephen Fairey for The Amplifier Foundation’s We The People project I wake up to hear the radio spitting stories...
Read more15 Jan, 2017
a saturday night virtual playdate…
15 Jan, 2017
“I’m at 10:21 seconds,” calls out Minal. “I need to catch up—I’m at 10:24 seconds!” Minal’s friend’s voice ricochets from Minal’s video phone that’s propped up in front of...
Read more28 Dec, 2016
learning more every day…
28 Dec, 2016
This week, poet, performance artist and educator Christa Forster, who I met in Houston more than two decades ago and have remained friends with ever since, visited her hometown...
Read more15 Dec, 2016
an alternate planet…
15 Dec, 2016
I’ve spent most of my life protesting. As a teenager, I marched on Karachi streets in support of women’s rights, after which I went on to college to join...
Read more07 Dec, 2016
an award for minal…
07 Dec, 2016
At ten thirty this morning, I receive an email from Minal’s English teacher with a subject line: We WON THE GRAND PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!! Over the course of the day, details...
Read more29 Nov, 2016
graffiti in the canyon…
29 Nov, 2016
Pink graffiti on a rock along my path as I hike in Eaton Canyon. 28 Nov 2016 · 06:33:02 PM
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