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Nay Saysourinho

Nay Saysourinho is a writer based in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in the Funambulist and the Margins, and she has received fellowships from One Story, Kundiman, and the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. A Tin House Summer Workshop alumna and Mendocino Coast Writers’ Workshop scholar, she is currently working on her first novel.

Jan/Feb 2021

The Queen of Sheba

By Nay Saysourinho

He appeared at the food co-op like an airplane. Dark fuselage composed of sharp angles, black ink on graphic paper, the snapping end of a whip breaking the sound barrier. […]