Archive - Palavering

Social media as smoking habit

Jun 26 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

December 2023

How Dare You Get Away

Bear with me, because I am thinking again of History. Not small h-history, the thing that happens to oneself or one’s country, but History as in the…

Dec 15, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

October 2023

A Trip to Bolivia

We felt it even before we disembarked. La Paz, Bolivia’s capital, sits about 3,640 meters above sea level. The city’s airport, in fact, is in an even…

Oct 27, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

August 2023

Yesterday, I spoke at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey. I was invited to speak to incoming first-years in the Honors Program, members of the…

Aug 31, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

July 2023

Pondering God in the Ironbound

Jul 5, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

April 2023

Movie Review: Joyland is Sublime

On Joyland, cultural amnesia, language and class, encounter with the West

Apr 19, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

On a curated bookshelf

Parul Sehgal and reading in childhood

Apr 1, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

March 2023

Fear of the Middle

The suburbs of language and more

Mar 12, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

January 2023

On nation and representation, Sontag on evil, etc.

Jan 10, 2023 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

November 2022

Home for the Holidays

On why I love Christmas and more

Nov 27, 2022 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

This is Palavering, a newsletter about literature, culture, parenthood.

Nov 26, 2022 •

Dur e Aziz Amna

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