"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
There is so much to say about the event on Oct. 7th — a reunion of artist friends, a meeting of new friends, and a commemoration. Yellow candles lit the Mandragoras Gallery where Afghan Americans and an Afghan Brit came together to share the process of art-making and self-making during these years of war in […]
MoreI’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 […]
MoreAnd 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)
MoreThis is my latest article on the art of Gazelle Samizay Contemporary Practices (Dubai). It is in PDF version and can be read straight on Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, which represents Gazelle. Gazelle Samizay: Claustrophobic Spaces, the Art of Tucking Away and Radical Self Making PDF here: contemporary-practices And just in time for all the art and […]
MoreAfghan 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 […]
MoreYesterday, 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 […]
MoreOne 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 […]
MoreWBAI 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.
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