the manner / in which the oaks nod to me it’s funny / I swear there are no magnets / lining my boots / maybe just a few nickels
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha
Q&A With Ramy Youssef about the Arab-Muslim
American experience
The author of If You See Me Dont Say Hi discusses the draw of the short story, writing with new vocabularies of race, and the immigrant communities of the Midwest.
How art teacher Cecile Chong has connected generations, continents and patterns of migration in her work
The scholar and author of Empire’s Tracks discusses a history of the American West through Chinese workers, white supremacist violence, and the division of the working class along racial lines.
The author of Severance talks apocalyptic immigrant narratives, co-opting consumerism, and the disease of remembering.
The author talks her long career as a novelist, her obsession with adolescence, and the disruptive process of writing her latest novel, Trust Exercise.
“Magic and writing, it’s all misdirection, defamiliarization, and at its best, the ahhhhh moment of surprise.”
The Korean feminist poet talks undermining patriarchy, the Korean literary world’s #MeToo, and why the material is more honest than matters of the soul
The author of An Ocean of Minutes talks the terror of time travel, immigrant fiction, and capturing grief in writing.
Muslim American women explore new paths to romance via technology.
“I don’t think that writers choose their subjects. I think they choose us. I think they step out of history books, off the sidewalk, or from a near future, and they say, ‘Hey, fool, you’ll be writing this one!'”
How the scarcity of these staples gave rise to a food pantry offering culturally appropriate South Asian food in NYC
Surviving police surveillance and internal policing within the Muslim community of New York City
The author of Empire’s Tracks talks anti-imperialist immigrant movements, the alternate history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the rumor of U.S. sovereignty.
The author of Miracle Creek on courtroom dramas, the unrealistic expectations placed on mothers, and writing an immigrant whodunnit
In English, you choose to be gender-neutral. In Indonesian, it’s a gift from the language.
The author of The Collected Schizophrenias speaks to the challenge of telling truths when writing about a disorder that lies over and over again
“To occupy this space, this body, is disorienting and at times disturbing, because you are never quite sure whose gaze truly sees you beyond the projections and assumptions and desires.”
“When I was initially describing this book I was like, ‘It’s about young women failing. Just failing, a lot, at life.’ That was my elevator pitch.”
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha
Muslim American women explore new paths to romance via technology.
Q&A With Ramy Youssef about the Arab-Muslim
American experience
“I don’t think that writers choose their subjects. I think they choose us. I think they step out of history books, off the sidewalk, or from a near future, and they say, ‘Hey, fool, you’ll be writing this one!'”
The author of If You See Me Dont Say Hi discusses the draw of the short story, writing with new vocabularies of race, and the immigrant communities of the Midwest.
How the scarcity of these staples gave rise to a food pantry offering culturally appropriate South Asian food in NYC
How art teacher Cecile Chong has connected generations, continents and patterns of migration in her work
Surviving police surveillance and internal policing within the Muslim community of New York City
The scholar and author of Empire’s Tracks discusses a history of the American West through Chinese workers, white supremacist violence, and the division of the working class along racial lines.
The author of Empire’s Tracks talks anti-imperialist immigrant movements, the alternate history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the rumor of U.S. sovereignty.
The author of Severance talks apocalyptic immigrant narratives, co-opting consumerism, and the disease of remembering.
The author of Miracle Creek on courtroom dramas, the unrealistic expectations placed on mothers, and writing an immigrant whodunnit
The author talks her long career as a novelist, her obsession with adolescence, and the disruptive process of writing her latest novel, Trust Exercise.
In English, you choose to be gender-neutral. In Indonesian, it’s a gift from the language.
“Magic and writing, it’s all misdirection, defamiliarization, and at its best, the ahhhhh moment of surprise.”
The author of The Collected Schizophrenias speaks to the challenge of telling truths when writing about a disorder that lies over and over again
The Korean feminist poet talks undermining patriarchy, the Korean literary world’s #MeToo, and why the material is more honest than matters of the soul
“To occupy this space, this body, is disorienting and at times disturbing, because you are never quite sure whose gaze truly sees you beyond the projections and assumptions and desires.”
The author of An Ocean of Minutes talks the terror of time travel, immigrant fiction, and capturing grief in writing.
“When I was initially describing this book I was like, ‘It’s about young women failing. Just failing, a lot, at life.’ That was my elevator pitch.”