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The second of my conversations with writers and artists to be published in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal last weekend was with irrepressible Afghan women’s rights advocate and poet Shikha S Lamba. She recently curated a powerful poetry collection to raise the voices of Afghan women in collaboration with The Candyman’s Trumpet.

Shikha credits Afghan-American author Nadia Hashimi (who recently braved my Writer’s Gauntlet) as the source of her literary inspiration. Thanks to Cha’s wondrous editor-in-chief Tammy Lai-Ming Ho for the double coverage!

https://chajournal.com/2026/09/19/shikha-s-lamba

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My conversation with writer Holly Sykes was the first of two columns to be published by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal last weekend. Holly talks with insight and charm about how it feels to map loss and loneliness in a crowded city – and how loss overlaps with connection.

The story is illustrated with art and photography by Kasra Shroff, Rebecca Dandridge-Walker and Ricky Sadiosa. Thanks, as ever, to editor Tammy Lai-Ming Ho for the care and attention you put into each piece.

https://chajournal.com/2026/09/19/holly-sykes