Even at that young age, an, you know, four or sor like that, the time around there, were you immediately aware of that? Did you sense it and feel it? I did. What's so funny about being a kid is that you don't have words for it. So i never, ever would have talked about it or thought to articulate it. But it came up in weird moments up in till then, my relationship with language had been very fluid,. where i would speak english and my indian language interchangeably. It was just communication.
Simultaneously parenting her daughter while caring for a mom who was vanishing into dementia, Maya Shanbhag Lang, found herself reexamining nearly every part of her life, and reimagining how she wanted to tell her own story to her daughter. May's writing has been featured in The Washington Post, In Style, The Millions, and The Rumpus, among others. Her book, The Sixteenth of June was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was an Audie Award Finalist for Best Audio Book. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A passionate teacher, she loves working with aspiring writers. Her new memoir is What We Carry. (https://amzn.to/3fqyo2Q)
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Website : http://www.mayalang.com/
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