I’m a writer and cultural studies professor using this space to share notes, snippets, archives, and reflections. This was imagined after reading Audre Lorde’s Our Dead Behind Us (1986), specifically the line: "Mother, loosen my tongue or adorn me with a lighter burden." I’m writing a book on diaspora, belonging, and grief in the city. I’m also researching the history of the Somali diaspora in New York City. These are some of my scraps and beloved darlings.
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writer, cultural critic, teacher. 3rd generation immigrant in NYC.