[on Her Writing Agenda:] Make The Familiar

What Was The Function Of Poetry If Not To Improve The Petty, Cautious Minds Of Evasive Children?

Ancestral Habits Of Mind Can Be Constricting; They Also Confer One's Individuality.

I Am A Naturalized U.s. Citizen, Which Means That, Unlike Native-born Citizens, I Had To Prove To The U.s. Government That I Merited Citizenship.

The Traveler Feels At Home Everywhere, Because She Is Never At Home Anywhere.

In Hindu Societies, Especially Overprotected Patriarchal Families Like Mine, Daughters Are Not At All Desirable. They Are Trouble. And A Mother Who, As Mine Did, Has Three Daughters, No Sons, Is Supposed To Go And Hang Herself, Kill Herself, Because It Is Such An Unlucky Kind Of Motherhood To Have.