That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.

On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

Sexy means loving someone you donot know.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Isolation offered its own form of companionship

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.