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Writer. Novels include My Beloved Life (Knopf, 2024, forthcoming). Bylines: Granta, Harper's, New Yorker, NYT. Vassar prof. Guggenheim, Cullman Center Fellow.
Mar 24, 2020 7 tweets 1 min read
I have written a very short story. ‘Essential Services’ Every day that week a line formed outside the liquor store by noon. Those in line stood six feet apart, checking their phones, or reading a book, or looking up at the trees. Twelve people were allowed at a time into the liquor store.
Feb 28, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
I often fight with the man who lives next door. My children also hate him. #abhinandan Yesterday, my kids were playing football and the ball went into my neighbor’s yard. #abhinandan