Some of the Words I’ve Written

illustration of two birds talking on a bookshelf
Art by Kristina Closs

Personal Essays & Writing

Thirty-Five (A poem in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association) + Editor’s Comments

Searching for Saboun Nabulsi, the olive oil soap that connects Palestinian-Americans like me to home (Salon)

Wisdom You Knead: What I Learned Baking With My Mother (Serious Eats)

(one of ) 12 Tiny Story of Gratitude (New York Times)

What Joining a Vegan Brunch Club (Without Being Vegan) Taught me about Food, Fortitude, and Friendship (Well + Good)

Jabbarwocky (my column in the Stanford Daily, written when I was 21. The horrors!)

Features & News

Executive Function with Julie Fry (Humanities)

Stanford professor and celebrated poet Eavan Boland dies at 75 (Stanford News)

On Writing and Identity: An Interview with Author and Professor Chang-rae Lee (Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences)

Creating a Happy Body (Menlo Park Almanac)