Category: Interviews

1. When did you start writing?“I started writing when I immigrated to the USA, about 18 years ago. I had always been a reader, and moving here provided solitude and… Read more »

These summer weeks are flying by! Kellie and Sara sit for a chat about inspirations, hard work and observations of a new . Not to mention her exciting new chapbook… Read more »

MP: Absolutely! As soon as you said those three things, I thought, “that’s the chap.” I also think it’s interesting that those themes are present in Giving Care, feminism as a quiet… Read more »

This is a cross-cultural collection: some of the stories are very American in feel and some very Indian, both in terms of their cultural elements and settings, USA and the… Read more »

ABP- Hello Sara. Thank you for taking this interview. This past October, ABP was lucky to be able to publish your short story collection Morsels of Purple. What can you tell us… Read more »

In “The Goat in the Math Problem,” what might the area of grass the goat is tethered to represent? I thought I had a pretty good idea toward the beginning… Read more »

Morsels of Purple is quite an achievement, with 54 flash pieces chronicling the life of an Indian woman in America. Did you have in mind a specific narrative arc or other… Read more »

What is your earliest recollection of the desire to write? My son brought writing to my life. One morning, he said bye to me happily when I dropped him off… Read more »

Q1: When did you start writing and first influences? Sara: My son brought writing to my life. One morning, he said bye to me happily when I dropped him off… Read more »

What inspired the story “The Morning Chai”? While making a cup of ginger chai one morning, I thought about how I like to drink my beverage scalding hot while most… Read more »