Books

 
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Indivisible: An Anthology of South Asian American Poetry
Indivisible: An Anthology of South Asian American Poetry

(University of Arkansas Press, 2010): Co-editor.

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The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles
The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles

(Tia Chucha Press, 2016): Co-Editor.

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Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them
Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them

(Abrams Image, 2020): Contributor.

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Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion
Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion

(Aunt Lute Books, 2016): Contributor

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Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction and the Ramayana
Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction and the Ramayana

(Zubaan Books, 2012)

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Desilicious: Sexy. Subversive. South Asian
Desilicious: Sexy. Subversive. South Asian

(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004): Contributor

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Fiction

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"The Stories in Sam's Head"
"The Stories in Sam's Head"

(Chicago Quarterly Review, South Asian American Issue, 2017)

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"Rabindra Sarobar Series"
"Rabindra Sarobar Series"

The Mud Proposal: Update 1, 2013

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"The Golden Deer"
"The Golden Deer"

PANK Magazine, December 2011

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"At the Chinese Buffet"
"At the Chinese Buffet"

Desilit (Issue 5, Winter 2009)

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"Postcard from Buenos Aires"
"Postcard from Buenos Aires"

The Liner (Issue two, Spring 2013)

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Essays

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Cease to Exist: Exploring the Manson Horrors While Pregnant
Cease to Exist: Exploring the Manson Horrors While Pregnant

MUTHA Magazine, August 2019

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My Guns N’ Roses Death Wish
My Guns N’ Roses Death Wish

Weird Sister, September 2018

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I'm Indian and I Hated My Curly Hair — This Is What Changed My Mind
I'm Indian and I Hated My Curly Hair — This Is What Changed My Mind

Teen Vogue, June 2018

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I Was Obsessed with Christian Slater
I Was Obsessed with Christian Slater

Virginia Quarterly Review On-Line, February 2013

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Where I Write #14: A Green Room in Gujarat
Where I Write #14: A Green Room in Gujarat

TheRumpus.net
July 2011

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Journalism

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The Ecstasy of the Epemeral: Mira Nair Brings Monsoon Wedding to the Stage
The Ecstasy of the Epemeral: Mira Nair Brings Monsoon Wedding to the Stage

May 2017, CAAM Media

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Aerogramme South Asian Book Club Archive
Aerogramme South Asian Book Club Archive

2014 - 2016, Aerogram.com

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Class and Racial Tensions in Ivy Pochoda’s Visitation Street
Class and Racial Tensions in Ivy Pochoda’s Visitation Street

Los Angeles Review of Books, October 2013

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Is Reality TV a Revolution for Race or the New Minstrel?
Is Reality TV a Revolution for Race or the New Minstrel?

Colorlines.com
October 2010

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An Interview With Richard Froude by Neelanjana Banerjee
An Interview With Richard Froude by Neelanjana Banerjee

The Bailer
December 2012

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Lady Gaga's most undesirable Bollywood makeover
Lady Gaga's most undesirable Bollywood makeover

FirstPost.com
August 2011

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Franzen goes exotic: the Indian woman and the Great American Novelist
Franzen goes exotic: the Indian woman and the Great American Novelist

FirstPost.com
June 2011

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Book Review: 'Blue Boy' And 'Skunk Girl'
Book Review: 'Blue Boy' And 'Skunk Girl'

The-NRI.com
May 2011

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Letter from Kolkata: Sobitha and Me
Letter from Kolkata: Sobitha and Me

Originally published on NewAmericaMedia.org
December 2010

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THE CONTENT OF ONE’S CHARACTERS: For some Asian American writers, ethnicity issues ease into the backdrop.
THE CONTENT OF ONE’S CHARACTERS: For some Asian American writers, ethnicity issues ease into the backdrop.

HyphenMagazine.com
June 2010

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Reinventing the Haunted House: An Interview with Helen Oyeyemi
Reinventing the Haunted House: An Interview with Helen Oyeyemi

FictionWritersReview.com
March 2010

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The Contradictions of ‘Love in India’: Interview with Renegade Filmmaker Q
The Contradictions of ‘Love in India’: Interview with Renegade Filmmaker Q

Originally published on NewAmericaMedia.org

2010

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Listening to the Tiny Voice: An Interview with Kathryn Ma
Listening to the Tiny Voice: An Interview with Kathryn Ma

FictionWritersReview.com
November 2009

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Book Review: “I Do Not Come to You By Chance” by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani"
Book Review: “I Do Not Come to You By Chance” by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani"

FictionWritersReview.com
August 2009

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Judging Asian Americans by Our Book Covers: Do stereotypical images reflect bad marketing or stilted writing – or both?
Judging Asian Americans by Our Book Covers: Do stereotypical images reflect bad marketing or stilted writing – or both?

HyphenMagazine.com
January 2009

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Tripping Through Second Life: On the hunt for virtual Asian American communities
Tripping Through Second Life: On the hunt for virtual Asian American communities

HyphenMagazine.com
June 2008

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The Evolution of Revolution: Words with emcee and activist Boots Riley
The Evolution of Revolution: Words with emcee and activist Boots Riley

Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP, Informed Revolt 1997 - 2003 (AK PRESS) June 2008

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GOOD COP, BAD COP: Maverick writer Ed Lin invades Chinatown
GOOD COP, BAD COP: Maverick writer Ed Lin invades Chinatown

HyphenMagazine.com, June 2007

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The Namesake Tells my Parents’ Story Again, Not Mine But That’s OK
The Namesake Tells my Parents’ Story Again, Not Mine But That’s OK

Originally published on New America Media, Commentary,
March 10, 2007

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Hooray for 'Harold And Kumar,' A Stoner Movie With Asians
Hooray for 'Harold And Kumar,' A Stoner Movie With Asians

Jul 30, 2004

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The Pair Behind Pixar's Oscar-Nominated Short Sanjay's Super Team Talks Personal Inspiration and Hybrid Identities
The Pair Behind Pixar's Oscar-Nominated Short Sanjay's Super Team Talks Personal Inspiration and Hybrid Identities

February 2016, CAAM Media

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Nisha Ganatra on Becoming One of TVs Hottest Directors
Nisha Ganatra on Becoming One of TVs Hottest Directors

March 2016, CAAM Media

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South Asian Comedic Actors Continue to Rise in TV Land
South Asian Comedic Actors Continue to Rise in TV Land

August 2015, CAAM Media

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Poetry

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Street Dog Dreams: Lodhi Gardens
Street Dog Dreams: Lodhi Gardens

“Uncle’s Army Years: Decade 1)”

Prairie Schooner
Vol. 87, No. 3 (Fall 2013), p. 113

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First Melt
First Melt

World Literature Today, November 2010

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Playwriting

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Member of Writers Pool
Member of Writers Pool

Playground Theater Company, Berkeley, CA: 2007-2008 season

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Cowgirls [one-act]
Cowgirls [one-act]

Staged reading on June 30th, 2013 at East West Players (as part of the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute)

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Audio recording of “What Sam Told Blue” short story

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