MAI AL-NAKIB

"Mourning Monique"

After the Pause 5.4, p 40

“I film as doctors and nurses verify she is dead.”

“Christmas Cake in Kuwait”

Novel of the World, pp 634-39

"To say that the pages of my mother’s 1972 orange-red, hardback copy of Betty Crocker’s Cookbook are well worn would be a gross understatement."

“The Year of Selma”

The First Line 12.2, pp 5-1

“‘We need to talk.’ I hadn’t heard his voice in twenty years.”

“Chinese Apples”

Ninth Letter 5.2, pp 120-28

“Japan is marvelous when you’re ten.”