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From Zine to Indie Press: How Many Books Can a Ripe Guava SPAWN?
I’m packing up these beauties to take over to the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collections Archive. Earlier this week Alycia Sellie from the library contacted Robert Booras and I about submitting our zines. Although, at first I thought I had lost my old zines in my move — I was ecstatic after finding this humble […]
MoreCross Cultural Poetics Interview
And one more lovely interview about One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature. Thank you Leonard Schwartz who asked such great questions. Cross Cultural Poetics (Seattle, WA)
MoreListing of Reviews for our Afghan American Anthology!
Afghan American Writing: “One Story, Thirty Stories” If you think of Afghan American literature, chances are good that Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novels “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” will come to mind. And your associations might not go much beyond that. Afghan American writing has been growing in depth and richness, though, a […]
MoreSAJA Webcast Interview with Editors and Two Writers from Afghan American Anthology
Yesterday, Sahar and I did an interview on SAJA Webcast. Ariana Delawari and Sedika Mojadidi joined and shared their powerful work. Listen HERE One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature Meet the editors and two of the writers Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 1-2 pm NY time 10:30-11:30 pm Kabul time Thanks […]
MoreBrooklyn Celebration of One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Afghan American Literature
One Dec. 19, 2010, Zora, owner of the lovely Zora Space in Park Slope, Brooklyn generously hosted the celebration of our book. The cafe was packed with friends, family, long lost friends, colleagues, mentors and babies! Here are some images from the event: One corner of the audience. The other side went all […]
MoreThe Difference Between Rubies and Pomegranates on WBAI Radio
WBAI Recording of the Wake Up show on Thursday mornings with Esther Armah Listen to the last half of the show HERE this is from September 2010.
MoreWeek in Review Oct. 23-Oct. 27: Afghan Voices
The City University of New York hosted three panels featuring Afghan/Afghan-American activists, writers, and poets. These four days were some of the most transformative days for me. Afghan and Afghan-American experiences differing and sometimes disagreeing with one another is not always seen. I was very fortunate to have co-curated these panels with Padmini Biswas for […]
MoreSpeaking for Myself: An Anthology of Asian Women’s Writing
The wonderful Dr. Donia Gobar and I are representing Afghanistan in this excellent anthology. Thanks to the hard work of Sukrita Paul Kumar and Malashri Lal, the anthology is quiet expansive and covers West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. What an honor to be included among such talented women and […]
MoreUnderstanding Afghanistan at AAARI
The event at Asian American/Asian Research Institute was wonderful. Thanks to Joyce Moy, Director of AAARI, and Antony Wong, Program Coordinator for making this happen. The video of the event is available on the website: http://www.aaari.net Here is a recap of the event with some photos by Antony Wong. Bina Sarkar, Editor holding an issue […]
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