Tag: I Did a Thing

  • Simon, crying, superimposed over a faded image of Kamina's face.

    May 31, 2014
    Yes. I did forget. In fact, I may still be in the midst of remembering. And yes: I "passed with…
  • Tamil woman in a black skater dress with leather trim stands smiling in a subway car with open doors.

    May 12, 2014
    I defended my qualifying exams this afternoon and passed "with flying colors" despite the whole ordeal being a relatively traumatic…
  • Simon against blue motion blur punching Rossiu in the face.

    May 11, 2014
    As though I'm the one that's capable of administering the blow that brings someone else to their senses, or as…
  • Kamina punching young Simon in the face.

    May 9, 2014
    I don't even know why this happened but it is so stuck in my head and I want it out.…
  • Opening page from Si Spurrier's "Crossed: Wish You Were Here."

    March 18, 2014
    Somewhere between life and academia lies a sinkhole comparable to what is, in Internet parlance, produced when you divide by…
  • Part of a kolam drawing.

    April 13, 2012
    After years of hunting, I discovered my ideal literary agent had been right in front of me all along. I'm…
  • Tamil woman in a suit at a table in a bookstore.

    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…
  • Tamil woman with glasses and black curly hair with bleached streaks sits on wooden stairs.

    February 27, 2005
    Baby's first book circuit! I've done interviews with The Dartmouth, The Concord Monitor, and The Valley News I have to…
  • Book cover with a pink and green gradient pattern and white wraparound, titled "Invictus" by Vyshali Manivannan.

    March 19, 2004
    Yes, I realize I wasn't even blogging in 2004 and only had three years of college under my belt, but…