[first appeared in Hanging Loose] by Sejal Shah This is what the white boys say: your hair. Your skin. This is what the black boys say: we together, together. This is what the Asians say: you date...

You need to rethink food in your novel, an American editor once told me. Would my Pakistani-American family really be eating so much pizza? Food being one of the easiest ways to familiarize or de-f…

A writer explains her dedication to becoming a published author—and how her approach has changed over the last decade.