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Roohi Choudhry

Roohi Choudhry holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and now teaches at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, Open City, and is forthcoming in CURA and the Normal School. She is currently working on a novel set in Durban, South Africa.

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Nov/Dec 2015

This Is What We Could Have Been

By Roohi Choudhry

Army rangers patrolled the school’s perimeter, Kalashnikovs tight against chests. Nadeem had to fight his way through an assault of argument and barricades to the commotion within: parents jostling, wailing, […]

Roohi Choudhry

Roohi Choudhry holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and now teaches at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop in New York City. Her writing has appeared in […]