Sohra or Cherrapunjee—which we still fondly call the wettest place on earth—is my birthplace, where my ancestral home is, and though only tenants live in…
The first time I am told I am not actually Jewish, I am eight-years old and I am sitting on the bus. My hair is…
My parents now have the same sleep schedule they yelled at me about in high school. My mother goes to bed at midnight and sleeps…
In the first week of quarantine my dad started wearing his mask and a tree branch nearly fell on our heads, nearly killing us. It…
The last acting job I had was on Late Night with David Letterman. A few months shy of my fiftieth birthday, I walked into the…
One evening about eight Warren dropped by our apartment unexpectedly. As he walked in he said, “No surprises here: how did I know you’d be…
Spending nights playing with diceGoing out on moonlight nightsKeeping the festive day in honour of springPlucking the sprouts and fruits of the mango treesEating the…
My boyfriend wasn’t much of a problem-solver, but he managed to be the person I called when I needed to solve a problem. He dropped…
I bought this pen (the one I am writing with now) from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. It is a small pen,…
Marie-Laure and I frequently met in the Manhattan School of Music hallways as we staggered out of practice rooms at closing time. We were both…
There’s nothing as dark as a Swedish winter day long after the leaves have fallen but before snow brightens the ground. With the sun eclipsed…
In October 1941, my father found himself in Reykjavik, tried to get back to Charleston. Orders arrived: he was to sail on the USS Salinas,…
The restoration of sight is nothing short of miraculous. The most treasured of our senses, sight helped the first humans differentiate safe from unsafe food,…
Coming up from the West Fourth Street subway, I texted that I was a block away from the Washington Square Diner. Don’t rush, I’m early….
I always thought population control was a necessary trait in every nation. By that I simply mean not having kids, not genocide. From a social…
The kids have worked months for this weekend. They’ve stayed late after school, drawn complex plans, built up structures, and milled down wood. They’ve measured…
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
The buzzing in my ears seemed to come from a long way off. Feeling distinctly alarmed I stuck my forefingers deep into my ears, closed…