This story was originally published in PANK.
Ayeh watched the two boys cross the playground hard top…
Author: heyayeh
In the sleepy college town of Davis, California where I grew up, there were Iranians who were religious […]
This poem was originally published in Entropy.
/man·trap/ noun
a room or area used for access control, containing a series of doors that cannot be open at the same time to prevent unauthorized entry as permissioned individuals enter or exit
From inside,
I see them at a distance
through layers of black fence
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhUm_qjnP3q When I meet other writers, the question of how to approach describing a book project to prospective […]
When I get fed up with the ongoing reality TV show, I spend a day driving around Virginia. I go shopping for vintage homewares, find bluegrass, & listen when the woman with the TV tuned to FOX News…
This piece was originally shared on my facebook feed on November 12th, 2016. It is also shared on Medium. […]
Photos of protests seen around the world and in the States help Muslims here and overseas know that the American people are not monolithically interested in bombing and then…
I snapped this photo as I was leaving Sunday’s March from the White House to the Capitol Building. As the daylight hours, and with them the time for afternoon prayers, waned, this sister stole a quiet spot for some alone time with God. I won’t pretend to know what she prayed for, but these days I find myself reflecting a great deal on the future of our country and praying for the United States, for my friends and their families, for the future of those Americans I don’t know but hope to get to know…
Friends, in just under a month, I’m hosting a benefit for the Caltech Y, a service organization that […]
The Moraga stairs kicked my butt this beautiful San Francisco morning, but the view from the top is […]