"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
The gang of Afghan American writers and I have been busy reading at a few spots in NYC. Soon we will be branching out to other states. So do drop a note if you want a reading near you! So far we’ve read at Fashion Institute of Technology, Bowery Poetry Club as part of the […]
MoreA highlight of the Sharjah International Book Fair was the creative writing workshop that my Sahar Muradi, Lisa Dempster and I ran at a lovely room at the fair itself (held at the Sharjah Expo Center). We had some writing prompts: “I remember…” “The first time I…” and finally “I am…” followed by descriptions using […]
MoreAfter years of working on One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature with Sahar Muradi, we released the book in Sharjah, UAE at the Sharjah International Book Fair first! Sharjah or Shariqa, is a warm friendly city where the glossy new intermingles with its sunbaked history and families dominate the streets […]
MoreTo be interstitial means being located at the intersection of the local and the global, mediating between the two contrary categories which in syllogism are called subalternity and superalternity. Hamid Naficy: from An Accented Cinema In Tayyif, my father and I discover a mud hut during a picnic to the countryside. Inside the cool soft […]
MoreOct. 26-Nov. 1: Sharjah, UAE Just got back earlier in the week from the Sharjah International Book Fair #shjibf. Sahar Muradi and I launched: One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature on Oct. 31, 2010 at the Fair. Here are some photos showing Book Love in Sharjah.
MoreSahar Muradi and I will be vlogging from the Sharjah International Book Fair Oct. 26-Nov. 1 (Although festival goes on til Nov. 6). We will be debuting One Story, Thirty Stories (Afsanah, Seesanah): An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature at #SHJIBF More details soon! Sharjah International Book Fair 2010
MoreThe book will be released Nov. 1, 2010! We need all the support we can get! If you are interested in booking a reading or a book party for the most fab collection of Afghan American writing then drop us a note! What makes this so groundbreaking? The awesome American & Afghanistan chronology; the largest […]
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