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- Who I am:
- Official: Soniah Kamal was born in Pakistan and raised in England and Saudi Arabia. She came to the U.S. for her undergraduate degree and earned a B.A. in Philosophy with Honors from St. John's College Annapolis, MD. Soniah’s undergraduate thesis, an analysis of individual against society as seen in love and arranged marriages, was the recipient of the Susan B Irene Award. Soniah wrote a weekly satire column (2002-2004) for the national newspaper ‘The Daily Times’ in Pakistan. Her essay on her father’s political imprisonment during the 1999 coup in Pakistan is included in the anthology ‘Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality’ published by Seal Press U.S. Soniah's short stories have been published in the US, Canada, Pakistan and India as well as in collections published by Penguin India, Harper Collins India and, in the US, by The Feminist Press. Soniah has lived in New Mexico, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, California and, at present, resides in Georgia. Georgia: I must say my one and only reference point in the beginning was Gone with the Wind and Scarlett. It sure has changed since then:)I did Love the kudzu at first site because,like me, it's not native born, but has still managed to grow and thrive:)
Unofficial: coming soon:)
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- http://soniahkamal.worpdress.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- 'My Foot: A Satirical Journey Through Pakistan, Beauty, Class and He Said/She Said.' Available on Kindle.
Short story Runaway Truck Ramp. Available on Kindle. Originally published in 'And The World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani' Feminist Press. USA.
Short story 'Papa's Girl' published in A Letter from India: Contemporary Short Stories from Pakistan'. Penguin India
short story 'The Breast' published in 'Neither Night Nor Day'. Harper Collins, India
Essay 'Through the Wilderness' published in the anthology 'Madonna and Me'. Soft Skull Press, USA
Essay 'The Fall' in Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War,
faith & sexuality. Seal Press. USA
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- ArtsATL,Atlanta's premier site for arts and reviews
Pakteahouse.com
desilit.com
readysteadybook.com
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Blog Posts
- Services I offer to other writers:
- teaching fiction writing for beginners and advanced. Editing novels, shorts stories and creative non-fiction.If interested please contact me at soniah at soniahkamal dot com
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- The Atlanta Writers Club, Desilit
- My professional associations:
- Book Critic for ArtsATL
Co-VP of Programming for the Atlanta Writers Club
- I found out about She Writes from:
- surfing the internet (more like bumbling through it)
Good Books
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenudin
Land Girls by Angela Huth
Anything Austen
Anything Wharton
Anything Saadat Hasan Manto
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Death at Sea World: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity by David Kirby
The Breathe of God by Jeffrey Small
Soniah Kamal's Blog
The Crazy Cost of Social Media
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:54am 4 Comments 2 Likes
I know it's important. Vital even, more so it seems than having an actual book, writing an actual book. I must blog, twitter, facebook, linked in, google plus, pininterest, and all the million social networks there are and those that have yet to come up. I'm not the first writer to complain about what a time suck this is; I will not be the last. And yet I think that so often too many of us forget that the reason we're trying to socially connect is to build a readership for the books we…
Continue What do Arranged Marriage and author Holly Goddard Jones have in common?
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:39am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Holly Goddard Jones is one of my favorite writers. Her short story collection 'Girl Trouble' is easily one of the best I've read. Holly has real knack for getting into the minds of the misfits be they a coach who has gotten a student pregnant or a adolescent boy who is going blind. Holly has a piece up at Salon 'I was a Teenage Bride' about getting married at age nineteen. Not only is the piece a fine…
Continue My Issue with Veronica Roth's novel Divergent.
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 7:58pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Just finished reading 'Divergent' by Veronica Roth. Liked it but why is the evil character the only one described as having 'pudge and stretch marks'??? Not cool.
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Will look forward to meeting you in Atlanta, too, Soniah!
Hi Soniah!
Welcome to the Southern Writers group. First, please visit our "Kitchen Sink" discussion to get into the swing of things. Also, be sure to introduce yourself on the "Roll Call" discussion, and then just jump in and do what you like. Start a discussion, ask questions, or just tell us what you've been up to. We're a casual, friendly bunch :)
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