Originally posted on Mary Anne’s old website, in March of 2009. This project grew out of my own experiences having a book published by a major American publishing house. My original cover was an ‘artsy, literary’ cover, but under market pressure, the cover was changed to an image of a brown-skinned woman with wet skin, …
Red Sari: An Analysis of S. Asian and Diaspora Book Covers Read More »
Originally posted in Mithila Review, September 21st, 2017 “The term ‘South Asian’ is a broad banner in itself, encompassing different religious and cultural experiences, as well as sexuality and class. Can it be reduced to one distinct identity?’”— Priya Sharma Hosted on a shared Google Drive as our previous round tables, this discussion brings together …
Women of Color in Speculative Fiction: A Round Table Discussion Read More »
Originally posted in Riksha Magazine, April 11th, 2017 His father said: he saw two men kissing in the street, and it made him angry. I was eighteen the first time I spent the night with another girl, walked back to campus with her the next morning, wanting to hold her hand, afraid to. This is …
Originally posted in Uncanny Magazine Issue 12, 2016 “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.”—Rabbi Tarfon I was tremendously lonely my first year in high school. My parents had insisted I go to a prep school they could barely afford instead of …
Originally posted on Strange Horizons, March 2nd, 2015 Somewhere in my house there’s a videotape of me, playing Spock, on the Enterprise bridge. I was fifteen years old, at Universal Studios, acting out a scene in front of a green screen; the final version had Kirk, the rest of the crew, and the bridge set …
