Thursday, November 13, 2025

what I'm actually here for

Haven't ventured outside of the hotel+convention center yet...

But I managed to deliver my paper "Tell Me Where It Hurts: Dis-ease, (Dis)Embodiment, and the Body Politic in Jhumpa Lahiri's Roman Stories" well to a packed room (and got an offer to have it anthologized after Q&A) so that part was good.

Pic: Nevermind what's going on with my hair.
 

3 comments:

Lisa's Yarns said...

You are so gorgeous, Maya! Congrats on a successful delivery of your paper!! I'd love to read it!

Nance said...

Anthologized! That's what we like to hear. Congrats, my friend. Your successes keep piling up.

StephLove said...

That title sounds on the nose for you right now.

still on this

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