Sameer Pandya is the author of The Blind Writer: Stories and a Novella, which was longlisted for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. His fiction has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Other Voices, Faultline, and Epiphany. He earned a BA from UC Davis and a PhD from Stanford University, and he currently teaches literature and creative writing in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
Sameer Pandya
Articles by Sameer Pandya
Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: On Having Time to Work
I am resistant to leaning too heavily on nature and natural symbols because it can feel heavy-handed. Sometimes, a tree is just a tree. And yet, the sight…
Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: All Along the Watchtower
Underneath and alongside the stories we tell in our various mediums are ideas that may overlap with strongly held beliefs and ideas—or ideas that may drastically challenge them.
Dispatches From Civitella Ranieri: Ways of Seeing
The long days of work and solitude, which are both powerful and frightening, have taken some getting used to. But slowly, routines are forming and work is progressing.