THE SECOND BRIDGE

At the northwestern edge of England, hidden between hills and marshland, lies a village whose name…

INTERPRETER OF MALADIES

Born in London and raised in Rhode Island by her Bengali parents, Jhumpa Lahiri (b. 1967)…

DRAUPADI

Name Depdi Mejhen, age twenty-seven, husband Dulna Majhi (deceased), domicile Cherakhan, Bankrahjarh, information whether dead or…

SULTANA’S DREAM

One evening I was lounging in an easy chair in my bedroom and thinking lazily of…

COMRADE

Hussain Miyah rode a bicycleThe handlebars had two red flags,Hammers and sickles. In a glimmerHussain Miyah…

ASHES OF LIFE

Each of us is only a broken piece.All of us are in search of holy peace.We’ve…

I AM YET A MIYAH

Mine is the story ofA burning bone-crunching sunMy manhood the cautionary taleOf bent shouldersAnd the pricking…

WHERE I’M FROM

I am from clothespins,from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride.I am from the dirt under the back porch.(Black, glisteningit…

IDENTITY CARD

Write down!I am an ArabAnd my identity card number is fifty thousandI have eight childrenAnd the…

DIGGING

Between my finger and my thumb   The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window,…