Original Poetry: ‘An Archive of Consonants’ by Itisha Giri
An Archive of Consonants क/ka cud n. partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing. words like cud, cud-like words must be[…]
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Original Poetry: Usman Ahmad’s ‘The Grave is our Sanctuary’
In the end, we have no choice, The grave is our sanctuary, Moving within us, A reassertion of an exile Pushing beyond itself. I am at school, An almost presence,[…]
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Q&A With Kamil Ahsan — Editor of Barrelhouse Magazine’s Desi ‘Road Trips’ Issue
Lahore native Kamil Ahsan moved to Chicago for graduate school in 2012. A freelance journalist, Ahsan holds a Ph.D. in developmental biology, a master’s degree in history of science, is[…]
‘Caravan to Cox’s Bazaar’: Original Poetry by Mrinalini Chakravorty
Caravan to Cox’s Bazaar We run in the belly of the snake I hold her hand suck her swollen teat And jump barbed wire with bones that shake On shards[…]
‘Good Talk’ by Mira Jacob: Heartbreaking, Funny, Vulnerable, & Real
“We think our hearts break only from endings — the love gone, the rooms empty, the future unhappening as we stand ready to step into it — but what about[…]
‘The Atlas of Reds and Blues’ Considers American Moments Of Quiet Violence In Suburbia
On February 6, 2015, Sureshbhai Patel, visiting his son’s home in Madison, Alabama, was beaten by police officer Eric Parker. Parker was answering a call from “concerned” neighbor who felt[…]
‘Brown White Black’: Essays On Being Queer & Brown In The USA
Sandwiched between whiteness and blackness, being brown in the U.S. has always been uncomfortable. During the early 1900s, the American judiciary waffled back-and-forth on the racial classifications of Indian Americans.[…]
“We Are Kin”: Original Poetry by Gayatri Sethi
We Are Kin Remembrance. On the 14th of August, 1947 Pakistan was born. On the 15th of August, 1947 India was “independent.” The British called it transfer[…]
Chatting With Latha Viswanathan, Author Of ‘Lingering Tide’ & ‘Temples’
Latha Viswanathan is the Houston-based author of the short story collection Lingering Tide (2011), and the novel Temples (2018). In my review of Lingering Tide, I said Viswanathan was fearsomely[…]
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Sari Stories, Chapter Four — Politics in my Pleats: Sabika & Jasmine
How the drape holds meaning and memory for the desi mind, body, and soul. A series of interview-vignettes, showcasing uber serious sari love, brought out via passion, history, politics, through[…]