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The walk-in freezer is stuffed with carcasses. The air is fragrant with oxidation and decay. Sunlight glints across the weathered orange skin of the lambs […]

April 22, 2022

A hazy summer day in first grade. Dani and I were sitting on the steps of her grandfather’s house. Our mouths and hands dripped mango […]

April 22, 2022

The Legend of Barefoot Kid crosses state lines two weeks into the school year, when my friend Lila calls to tell me about the insane […]

April 22, 2022

For my ninth Christmas, Dad bought me a right-handed Yamaha FG-Junior acoustic guitar. I was left-handed and so furious with my father for handicapping me […]

April 22, 2022

Nước: the Vietnamese word for country and water.   Nước mắt chảy xuống. Tears flow down, my mother tells me. By which she means: a […]

April 22, 2022

On Boxing Day, after packaging various leftovers and saying goodbye to family friends and neighbours, I sat down to watch the finale of “Insecure.” The […]

February 24, 2022

White trucks shoot through the bridge at night. My house floats behind us, a golden fruit in the refrigerator of the neighborhood. I really wanna […]

January 27, 2022

  I first heard about Birthright, a free trip to Israel offered to young Jews, as I was being Bat Mitzvahed in Jerusalem. My family […]

May 19, 2019

  “Between my house and my pulpit,” Prophet Mohammed tells us in one of his more notable utterances in hadith — the Islamic prophetic traditions […]

May 19, 2019

  Holy Land USA. hides in plain sight. Although it’s often spoken of as a “Christian theme park,” there’s no flashy “This Way to Holy […]

May 19, 2019

My mom is a straight-laced and unimpulsive woman. She votes early in every election, makes grocery lists of seasonal health foods three months in advance […]

April 20, 2019