Sejal Shah
Award-winning author of This Is One Way to Dance: Essays, an NPR best book of the year & How to Make Your Mother Cry, longlisted for the Story Prize. Conjunctions, the Guardian, Kenyon Review, Lit Hub, Poets & Writers, the Rumpus. www.sejal-shah.com.
- Reposted by Sejal Shahcreating and sustaining this anthology has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life as a writer/editor. Thank you to the incomparable @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social for being a fantastic collaborator. And please check out our rural anthology Vol 3! eastoverpress.com/book/an-anth...
- I was wondering why my friend Kyle (@kesemmel.bsky.social) named his Substack "Bright Boy." He wrote a wonderful essay in response and I learned more about him, which is maybe what we want in any writing. So many Substacks, some of them not very interestingly named. But "Bright Boy"? I love it.
- My friend @sejalshah.bsky.social asked me why I named my Substack "Bright Boy." Here's why. open.substack.com/pub/kesemmel...
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- I forgot I had written this piece about the wonderful journalist James Foley. Thank you, Andrew, for finding it and resurrecting it here. Thanks to @kenyonreview for publishing this on their blog.
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- I loved this chance to write about my favorite Margaret Atwood essay, dance, meditation, and words from @alexanderchee.bsky.social, Terry Tempest Williams, Richard Hugo & more…thanks @briangresko.bsky.social & @writingco-lab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sejal ShahBetter a pig than a gen A.I. user!
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- Reposted by Sejal ShahNEW EPISODE: Bestselling fiction writer @csittenfeld.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of stories, Show Don’t Tell. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/curtis-sitte...
- Reposted by Sejal ShahWe have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
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- Pretty darn thrilled to have my (tournament-winning! I couldn't believe it!) March Danceness essay from last year about Amerie's "1 Thing" in this forthcoming @marchxness.bsky.social edited @splitlippress.com anthology!
- This is the longest we've kept a secret project secret: SLP is proud to be the home for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, collated by the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee (@angermonsoon.bsky.social + @meganc.bsky.social) and forthcoming on 3/31/26!
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- Some happy news at a grim time. #bookstagram #fiction #shortstories #storycollections #forewordreviews #multiculturallit
- We cannot allow the indefensible actions of our government to eclipse our overwhelming solidarity with the Ukrainian people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
- "Did my brother get stuck in red tape because my parents did not know whom or how to ask or push? What are the consequences of...not understanding bureaucracy is meant to tire you out?" Here's an essay I wrote about my family's immigration history: magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/winte...
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- Reposted by Sejal ShahWe just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE. In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
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- Reposted by Sejal ShahI don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had. * RIP David Lynch
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- Grateful for this review from Harare: "How to Make Your Mother Cry actually defies description; it’s something readers have to experience for themselves, like any sublime work of art. And while it’s true that not all formally inventive writing works, this collection succeeds brilliantly."
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- Playing in March Danceness / Xness @marchxness.bsky.social and winning was a highlight of my whole year! It's been a rough month so far and remembering the joy of this tournament is a balm.
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- It took me ten years to write this essay about my friend, the journalist Jim Foley. The Massachusetts Review published it and I hope you might take some time to read it.
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