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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · May 5

The Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting honors the third season of In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, which investigated the killings of twenty-five Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines in 2005. Listen to the third season here.

In the Dark: Season 3

The New Yorker investigative podcast examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.

www.newyorker.com

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · May 6

Can posts be saved?

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · May 6

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · Apr 22

Happiest of book birthdays to @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social 's KATY FAMILY---a killer collection of stories about the Bangladeshi community in Houston, Texas. Smart, funny, engaging. If you order from the author's own shopify you can snag a signed copy!

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Signed copies of SHORT STORY COLLECTION: KATY FAMILY

This collection offers readers the ultimate experience of global fiction, stories bound and shaped by Katy, Texas, a place made by oil and capitalism. The stories weave between Bangladeshi characters ...

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JackLeg Press @jacklegpress.bsky.social · Apr 26

Hey #DC friends! Hope to see you tonight for this great reading with @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social & @kurtbaumeister.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social

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Kurt Baumeister @kurtbaumeister.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thanks so much to Politics and Prose for a great event on Indie Bookstore Day, 4/26. Reading and signing with @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social all went smoothly. So nice to meet Jen from @jacklegpress.bsky.social and Javed Jahangir who read with us! Great to see Farooq Ahmed and Jarrod Campbell!

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 12

As I prepare for another book launch, I remembered my interlocutor Mohan Ambikaipaker last year broke his leg and still came out for me.

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 12

Wow!!

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Apr 11

"The world is bad, but a short story creates a moment of arresting beauty, moving the reader to understanding or feeling."

@geminiwahhaj.bsky.social shares the books that inspired her short story collection Katy Family (@jacklegpress.bsky.social).

➡️ buff.ly/2rGjr2Y

A three by three collage of book covers, cropped and partially obscured by a centered white square of torn paper with black text that reads "What to Read When You're Looking for Romance, written and curated by Gemini Wahhaj."

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thank you. It was a great surprise!

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JackLeg Press @jacklegpress.bsky.social · Apr 11

So happy for @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social - great feature!

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Apr 11

"The world is bad, but a short story creates a moment of arresting beauty, moving the reader to understanding or feeling."

@geminiwahhaj.bsky.social shares the books that inspired her short story collection Katy Family (@jacklegpress.bsky.social).

➡️ buff.ly/2rGjr2Y

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 11

Nervous about book launch, in just over a week.

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 11

But I don't pay on Substack.

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Apr 8

Wow! Thank you!

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Mar 12

Reading and noise at Beer Can House, a public art space in Houston. Organized by @gothgoof.bsky.social
#htx
#houston
Anthony Sutton
Reese Lopez
Gemini Wahhaj
Aga Zet

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Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Mar 8

Gemini Wahhaj's Katy Family is an exceptionally accomplished and perceptive short story collection. At times, it's also very funny. —Christine Marie Sneed, Please Be Advised: A Novel in Memos

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Mar 8

Congratulations, @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social, on her new story collection, KATY FAMILY, to be published in April! Scoundrel Time was thrilled to publish her fantastic, incisive story "The English Teacher."

Gemini Wahhaj @geminiwahhaj.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you Litmags! I am nothing w/o you!
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