Going Public


Recently
* "Interview with EF Authors," (interview) First City Delhi, November 2009
* "On writing erotica," (essay) Femina India, November 18, 2009
* "Mirpur Lake Slums," (photograph) Urban Ecology book chapter, forthcoming.
* "Skunk Girl" (book review) Hyphen Magazine, August 2009.
* Winner of a 2009 Saltonstall Summer Fellowship.
* "Olive Witch," (exhibition and reading) Alliance Francaise Dhaka, January 3-18, 2008.
* My photos page

Prose
34. "Interview with EF Authors," (interview) First City Delhi, November 2009
33. "On erotica and pseudonyms," (essay) Femina India, November 18, 2009
32. "Confessions," (essay) Electric Feather: The Tranquebar Anthology of Erotic Stories, edited by Ruchir Joshi, September 2009.
31. "Skunk Girl: Where were you in the 80's when I needed you?" (book review) Hyphen Magazine, August 2009.
30. "Judo Lessons," (short story) Swink, December 2008.
29. "Age 13, Grey Sleet," (nonfiction) Farafina, 2008 (the America issue).
28. "Drumroll Season," (short story) Gander Press, September 2008.
27. "Trekking to Machu Picchu," (travel essay) Outlook Traveller, July 2008.
26. "The Businessman," (short short) The Farallon Review, March 2008
25. "Tsunami Sky," (short story) The Farallon Review, March 2008.
24. "Letter from Delhi," (travel essay) The Daily Star, September 8, 2007.
23. "Harry Potter and the Denizens of Dhaka," (personal essay) New American Media, July 23, 2007.
22. "La Belle France," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, May 2007.
21. "Experiencing Kaiser Haq's Poetry," (book review) The Daily Star, April 28, 2007.
20. "Viet Nam," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, December 2006.
19. "Thirst," (short story) XConnect, Issue 25, 2006. Podcast reading at the SFF Awards Reading at the Intersection for the Arts, November 29, 2005.
18. "Usted Esta Aqui," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, April 2007.
17. "Now stay," (short story) SN Review, Winter 2007. Reprinted in the Daily Star, June 30, 2007.
16. "Three Dawns Rising," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, February 2007.
15. "The Alphabet Game," (short story) Sliptongue, Early Autumn 2006.
14. "Notes on Dublin," (travel essay) The Daily Star, May 27, 2006.
13. "Red Light Special," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, May 2006.
12. "Sleeping with Salinger," (short story) Nerve.com, April 2006.
11. "Secret Places," (travel essay) Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, March 2006.
10. "Father Tongue," (personal essay) The Daily Star, February 25, 2006.
9. "The Straight Path" (short story) The Daily Star Book of Bangladeshi Writing, K. Islam editor, February 2006.
8. "Now go." (short story) 580 Split, Spring 2006.
7. "Chameleon Girl," (nonfiction) The Daily Star, November 12, 2005.
6. "One Two Three," (nonfiction) The Daily Star, September 10, 2005.
5. "Swing State,"(personal essay) SomaLit, March 2005. Podcast on Writers Block on KQED, November 23, 2005
4. "This Is Your Home," (nonfiction) The Aurora Review, Winter/Spring 2005. Reprinted in the Daily Star, January 7, 2006.
3. "Wiser than Evening," (nonfiction) Switchback, Fall 2004.
2. "Ironed Blue Sky,"(nonfiction) ZYZZYVA, Fall 2004. Anthologised in Literature, The Human Experience, 9th Edition, R. Abcarian and M. Klotz, eds. St. Martin's Press, August 2005.
1. "An Information Search Cost Perspective for Designing Interfaces for Electronic Commerce," (research paper) by Hoque, Abeer Y. and Gerald L. Lohse, Journal of Marketing Research, 36(3), 387-394. 1999.

Poetry
10. "I heard the bon morog this morning," The Daily Star, March 15, 2008.
9. "The Freedom Fighter," The Daily Star, January 12, 2008.
8. "Missing," The Daily Star, October 14, 2006.
7. "Is this what it's like," DesiLit, Summer 2006.
6. "Here I Love You, Dhaka," Slate Magazine, Bangladesh, February 2006.
5. "Lokhi Meye," (poem and photograph) Ego Mag, July 2007.
4. "Coma," The Daily Star, November 25, 2006.
3. "Rhetoric," The Daily Star, August 27, 2005.
2. "Circuit Breaker," The Daily Star, June 25, 2005.
1. "Dhaka at Dusk," Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 24, 2004.

Photography
14. "Mirpur Lake Slums," (photograph) Urban Ecology book chapter, forthcoming.
13. "Bus on Bus," (photograph) DestinAsia exhibition, Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London, England, November 2008.
12. "Tango Monastery," (photograph) The Dragon's Gift: the Sacred Arts of Bhutan, 2008.
11. "The Mies van der Rohe pavilion," (photograph) Schmap, Map of Spain, June 2008.
10. "The Garden of Remembrance," (photograph) Schmap, Map of Ireland, March 2008.
9. "Long Legs," (photograph) Ego Mag, March 2008.
8. "Olive Witch," (exhibition and reading) Alliance Francaise Dhaka, January 3-18, 2008. Review of exhibition in the Daily Star Weekend Magazine; Review in Daily Star Culture Page.
7. "Dhaka Giftwrap," (photograph) Furnace Review, Winter 2007.
6. Little Girl Wondering, Balloons in Lamplight, The Rainmaker's Prayer, The Good Girl," (cover photographs for 4 pieces) Ego Mag, 2007-8.
5. "Ice Cream Trucks by India Gate," (photograph) Ego Mag, October 2007.
4. "A Cup of Tea," (photograph) Ego Mag, August 2007.
3. "The Kissing Year," (photograph) Ego Mag, July 2007.
2. "The Lovers and the Leavers," (photo and text exhibition) Drik Gallery, April 5-10, 2007. Review of exhibition in the Daily Star; Artist profile in New Age.
1. "Bombay Mansion," (photograph) Drunken Boat, September 2006. Photograph finalist in 2005 Pan Literary contest.

Podcasts, Performances, Prizes

10. Winner of a 2009 Saltonstall Summer Fellowship.
9. Winner of a 2007 Fulbright Scholarship.
8. Honourable Mention in 2006 Abroad Writers Short Story Competition.
7. Participant in Agore Poetica Cultural Show, Barcelona, Spain, 2006.
6. "Bangladeshi Folk Dance," (dance performance) Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 24, 2006.
5. "Thirst," (podcast) The San Francisco Foundation Awards Reading, The Intersection for the Arts, November 29, 2005.
4. "Swing State," (podcast) Writers Block on KQED, November 23, 2005.
3. Winner of the 2005 Tanenbaum Award in Creative Nonfiction for "Olive Witch, An American Dream"
2. Losing Faith," (play) APAture, Fall 2002. Wrote, directed, and starred in performance.
1. Participant in 2002 Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia.

 


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