Killing the water: stories

In May 2008 I signed a contract with Penguin India to publish Killing the Water for the South Asian market.

The book includes eleven stories about war and migration — ֠two of the most compelling developments of our times ֠linked through the metaphor of water as the agency of escape, life, death, and reflection. They are set in such places as an interrogation room and a remote island on the coast of Bangladesh, a blues club in Detroit, and a Dominican laundromat in Providence. The characters in these stories seek the meaning of bravery and commitment, ponder personal responsibility and family ties, and search for connection and love in the midst of war and chaos ‘back home’ and ethnic tension in urban America.

These stories were completed between 1996 and 2005. Some have appeared in different publications in the U.S. and Bangladesh. Others will see print for the first time in the book.