Priya Sridhar

1 week ago | medium.com | Priya Sridhar

When we have to endure the worst betrayals while believing in faeries. I wish I had known Jubilee Cho. She sounds like she was a wonderful person and advocate for those marginalized while writing stories about enduring the worst of situations. E.D.E. Bell’s foreword to her book speaks of a remarkable person willing to imagine better possibilities. Bell also asks us to read the story and think about how it makes us feel.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Priya Sridhar

Member-only storyWhat two poets on different continents do when asked questions. Priya Sridhar·FollowPublished inPermanent Nerd Network·3 min read·--It is National Poetry Month. That means that it’s time to see the recent releases of poetry collections and books showing the power of verse. It also means seeing which kids need to be introduced to the horrors of Edgar Allan Poe or the absurdity of William Carlos Williams.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Priya Sridhar

Member-only storyPriya Sridhar·FollowPublished inPermanent Nerd Network·4 min read·--It seems like reimagining the Nutcracker would be nigh difficult. We’re all familiar with the original Russian ballet and the music engrained in Western pop culture. Some of us have also read the fairy tale that inspired the ballet. How do we reinvent the wheel when the wheel is firmly lodged in our brain? You make it queer, and you make it about more than dancing.

1 month ago | medium.com | Priya Sridhar

Turning into the cynical Asian-American writerPriya Sridhar·FollowPublished inCounter Arts·11 min read·--I don’t hate Diane Nguyen. Actually, I relate to her more and more as the years go by. I’ve realized that I’ve started turning into her, though, and that decision concerns me. Diane is frustrating, but so are the other characters in BoJack Horseman. BoJack often makes a lot of mistakes when it seems he’s on the upswing.

1 month ago | medium.com | Priya Sridhar

What you can find in a world that’s just yours. Priya Sridhar·FollowPublished inPermanent Nerd Network·4 min read·--This review is going to be a little bit different. Normally I separate the books by title and author. That way I can organize them using headers and links, and talk about their different approaches to a common theme. In this case, the same author wrote all of the books, and they follow the same theme. So I went to a primary source to get the other half of this review: my baby nephew.