basmah sakrani

Strategy. Fiction.
Words in @adroitjournal @pasttenyears + more.
MFA @vcfa

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

So pleased to have this placed in @CraftLiterary and what a treat it was to speak with @PKhakpour. Tehrangeles is spectacular!

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

New #interview:

"I’ve never been big on secrets. I’m not into mystery and I tend to overshare. These secrets in the book felt so anxiety-inducing to me."

—@PKhakpour in conversation with @basmahsakrani

https://t.co/oo4Rg5VYrE

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

DREAMING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS COUNTS AS WRITING

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

@kenashahh way to go!

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Emotionally gripping and tough read, but so well crafted!

[Emily Fox Kaplan @emilyfoxkaplan]

This essay is by far the most personal piece I have ever written, and publishing it feels like the scariest—and most important—thing I have ever done.

It is about the hell that was my childhood, and how systems of power and abuse are created—and upheld.

https://t.co/tSxhM6YKt0

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

New post up about the complicated feeling of gratitude and why it no longer serves me #substack https://t.co/MMT60PyTko

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Bad about recognizing my wins BUT it's been a couple good weeks: cold-pitched essay was received enthusiastically, and I got my first-ever writer retreat acceptance. Alhamdulillah. Remind me of this feeling 2 months from now when I'll be lamenting again.

[The Martins Deep. @MartinsDeep1]

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Lit Mags: Flux. Flow. Movement. Fluidity. What watery conjuring occurs when language attempts to express the inexpressible? What are the poetics of movement and osmosis? How do we cross the squishy fabric of self and melt into each other?

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

@Morgan_J_Talty @Tin_House CANT WAIT!!

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Also, fina-effing-ly, first pub of 2023
#writinglife

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Pleased with how this interview with Dur E Aziz Amna turned out despite both our kids being sick the week of. AMERICAN FEVER was fun to read. It consumed me for 4 days straight and I can't wait to see what she writes next. @TheMaineReview
https://t.co/qwdO6ffLqu

[TheMaineReview @TheMaineReview]

New Radicle series spotlight that just went live is the interview Basmah Sakrani @basmahsakrani had with Dur e Aziz Amna @DureAmna, author of American Fever.
Hear about Amna’s start in corporate America, her Pakistani background, use of the Urdu language, and written legacy.

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

@kimmagowan 2 from May 2018. 1 mag is defunct, another still very much exists. Honorable mention for 3rd oldest - July 2022, for a summer fiction contest. SMH.

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Another day, another rejection. This time - a residency. Sad but my tactics have changed. At every rejection, I revise and submit to 3 more places. Delusional maybe, but feathery with hope. #amwriting #writinglife

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Did a reading last night after a longggggg time. Read some newly written bits of the novel and it felt amazing to see it received well. Needed this validation.

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Okay okay, after weeks of pitching, I finally got a responseeeeeeeeee and it's a good one. Yay!

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

I don't eat nearly as many chocolate-chip cookies as I should, seeing as it's part of my bio here. Need to change that. Not the bio, just the frequency of choc chip cookie consumption.

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

@joshuanguyen03 @SundressPub I really loved it. Esp the tip about keeping a running list of your bios. So smart!

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

"I wonder if someone who writes a poem about bumblebees gets asked about their history and knowledge of bumblebees. It’s an attempt at empathy. Or a way for white people to talk about themselves."
Helpful/hilarious Craft Chap @joshuanguyen03 @SundressPub
https://t.co/ryoVHISvNI

[basmah sakrani @basmahsakrani]

Let me run
at break-neck speeds toward sceneries
of doubt
#MajorJackson
https://t.co/3ppOwNATW2