What Grows, a short story of mine, is included in Issue 38.1 of Room magazine. The issue will be launched this Sunday at the IndustREAL Arts Room, where I’ll be doing a reading alongside local contributors Kamila Rina, Mahak Jain and Jane Iordakieva.
The irony of this article (p.64-65), which I wrote for Selamta magazine, getting published in the middle of Abiy tsom season is not lost on me. Who said the Man Upstairs doesn’t have a sense of humour? I guess I’ll just consider it as something to hold me over until April 12. Having grown up with a steady … More Burger Irony
I see the devil, and it wears cheese. … More Garden of Vegan
The trick is to act like you belong. It’s a show, and you’re the star! … More SD Vol 4: Curtain Call
An oldie but a goodie, about a trip down dead-chicken memory lane.
It is said that the job of bridesmaid came about in the Western tradition out of a need for people to act as a buffer between evil spirits or ill-wishers and the bride and groom. So, in honour of tradition, check your cynicism at the door and get your superhero-face on. Chiffon’s about to get real. … More 21 Short
Another audience favourite, from last June. Though the promise at the end has yet to be fulfilled…
Trying out something new with old posts: audio. My studio voice is kinda rough, on account of not having a studio to speak of. Feedback is appreciated. Accepting requests of which old post to create audio version of next.
One of the stranger questions I’ve been asked in my life, on either side of the Atlantic: “Do you have human hair?”
… More Human Hair and Me
Around holidays, sheep are like to the streets of Addis as tinsel to a fir tree. Being in the city during Ethiopian Christmas for the first time since ’91, I have watched with practically new fascination and from the safety of my car and predator status as, throughout the city, said sheep are singled out … More Silence of the Sheep
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