Creative Writing
Memoir/Personal Essay
“An Investigation into Corn Curls and Christmas Coats” in Chutney Magazine, Spring/Summer 2025. Print. London, UK.
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Poetry
“Snow Prints” and “Letter to San Francisco (Version—)” in Room Magazine, Winter 2024. Print.
“what forgiveness looks like on the moon” in This Magazine, March/April 2023. Print.
Fiction
“Time Melting” in The Malahat Review, Spring 2023. Print.
Critical Writing & Interviews
2024
“To Be Your Own Stranger: Interview with Marlowe Granados” published by Canthius magazine. I interviewed Marlowe Granados about her hit novel, Happy Hour, and its themes of glamour, power, and women owning their desires. We’re having fun!
2023
“Climate Action, Identity Politics, and CanLit Aesthetics: An Interview with Farah Ghafoor” published by Room magazine (online). I interviewed Farah Ghafoor, award-winning poet, about the climate crisis and poetry, writing as Muslim women, and the publishing landscapes in Canada and the United States.
“Deluges of Memory in the Dark: An Interview with Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin” published by The Ex-Puritan (online). I interviewed Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin about her debut poetry collection, Fire Cider Rain, and its explorations of memory, diasporic families, and the intersections of poetry and science.
2022
“Another Way to Split Water: An Interview with Alycia Pirmohamed” published by Room magazine (online). I chatted with poet Alycia Pirmohamed about her debut poetry collection, Another Way to Split Water, the fractures of faith, misconceptions about nature writing, and more.
“Change is Worth Celebrating: Interview with Claire Farley and Teresa Yang” published by Canthius magazine (online). With Manahil Bandukwala, I interviewed the co-managers of Canthius magazine in honour of the publication’s upcoming tenth issue. The interview highlights how far the duo has come since the magazine’s beginnings in 2015, the challenges and joys of running a not-for-profit feminist organization, and what they hope the future holds.
Nocturnal Wondering: A Review of Gillian Sze’s “Quiet Night Think” published by PRISM international (online).
2021
Finding Purpose and Possibilities: Review of We, Jane by Aimee Wall published by Canthius.
2020
“Sweet Dreams: Review of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh” published by The Ex-Puritan.
Personal Essays
2020
“Rethinking Writer’s Block with Virginia Woolf’s The Waves” published by The Attic on Eighth. I wrote about my writing journey and the influence of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, one of my all-time favourite books, on my life.
Journalism
2022
“U of T Scarborough students reimagine ancient Tamil epic in new storytelling fellowship” published by University of Toronto Scarborough News. The article highlights a new storytelling fellowship, in conjunction with the U of T Scarborough Library, which offers three U of T Scarborough students an eight-month opportunity and $4,000 to explore the art and practice of storytelling. This year, the fellowship focuses on the Tamil epic The Legend of Ponnivala Nadu.
2021
“EAS alumna premieres award-winning film at Inside Out Film Festival” published by the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. I profiled Cailleah Scott-Grimes, a University of Toronto alumna, who premiered her debut film at Toronto’s Inside Out film festival. A version of this article was also republished on U of T News, which receives thousands of readers daily.
“Looking to learn Korean in 2021? New engaging textbook for students and independent learners” published by the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto.
2020
“Students shine in Canada National Japanese Speech Contest — online for the first time” published by the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto.
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