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வித்தியாசம் Viththiyaasam
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perimortem [in (theoretical) rigor] – Kairos 29.2
January 21, 2025
Dream publication announcement! The modified prototype (and I do mean prototype) of the parser-based game that formed the basis of…
Easter in Sri Lanka: Today Is Loss That Isn’t Loss – Paris Review
April 22, 2019
Today, I am caught between the thrill of having published something in The Paris Review and an overwhelming sense of…
Rutgers SC&I Honors Day 2018
May 14, 2018
After four years of teaching as a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information (SC&I), as I…
Notable Mention in Best American Essays 2015!
October 6, 2015
As I belatedly discovered, "The meaning of a machete" was included among other "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2014" in Best…
New York Times – When Trolling Becomes an Umbrella Term
August 20, 2014
I published a solicited opinion piece in The New York Times Room for Debate in response to questions about Internet…
I Am Always in Transition When Disaster Strikes – RKVRY Quarterly
July 10, 2014
Content note: 9/11, natural disaster, spectacle, whitewashing I guess I'm on a publication streak? "I Am Always in Transition When…
Did You Forget? This Drill Will Pierce the Quals Defense
May 31, 2014
Yes. I did forget. In fact, I may still be in the midst of remembering. And yes: I "passed with…
Ph.D. Candidacy Unlocked!
May 12, 2014
I defended my qualifying exams this afternoon and passed "with flying colors" despite the whole ordeal being a relatively traumatic…
Literary Agent Unlocked!
April 13, 2012
After years of hunting, I discovered my ideal literary agent had been right in front of me all along. I'm…
“Born to Write”
April 3, 2005
"She's more than a college student; she's a force of creative nature," a Dartmouth paper declares. The Dartmouth Life interview…
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