Welcome Home!
I love writing small.
I also love:
Stepping out of the Abu Dhabi airport and having my glasses fog up instantly
The word tapioca
Plants with leaves that kiss the wooden floor
Clouds going to sleep
Pakistani crows
My grandmother’s voice
Skylights
Sprinkling turmeric onto Maggie Ramen noodles and letting it saturate in the spicy soup, turning the noodles from skinny to fat
My mother’s aloo-gosht curry with meat and potatoes
The sounds of my once baby crawling on the wooden floor with her hands slapping the ground pat, pat, pat
The clinking of dishes being done when it’s not me doing them
Bubbling laughter of my cousins
Seeing my name on Amazon
The fleeting time of nursing and rocking my babies to sleep, forward, back, forward, back
When the children are at school when the silence is so delicious you can slice into it
The language of eyelashes
But who are you really?
I'm a children's book author of picture books and novels in verse. I've been a photoblogger at www.ReemFaruqi.com.
I'm an immigrant, a mother, a former 2nd grade teacher.
My substack is free - if you would like to support me, please buy my books, borrow them from the library, donate them to a class, or leave an Amazon/Goodreads review!
What Can You Offer Me?
Lyrical stories that reflect my own experiences, Micromemoirs, Bits of verse! At this time I don't think I'm going to be offering insider tips on getting published but here are some for you to get started.
My work for adults has been featured in Huff Post, Coffee & Crumbs, Literary Mama, Part-Time Poets, and more. I want to write more for adults lately, so without further ado…
