

Genocide
“Okay,” I say. “Now a hard question. Super hard.” They giggle at the made-up word. “How has”—I take my time enunciating each...


Learning English
I go to the beginners’ room at conversation class today. There are so many people there that I have to pick my way across—stepping on a...


Tsuglangkhang
In here, there is a different kind of silence. In Sweden it was an absence, an emptiness being asked to be filled with your own thoughts....