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Seema Kadir Goss' new collection explores womanhood, identity and belonging
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Author Seema Kadir Goss discussed a short-story collection that centers middle-aged South Asian Muslim Canadian women and aims to normalize Muslim women's interior lives; the book is available from Northwestern University Press and common retailers.
Seema Kadir Goss told BronxNet her new short-story collection examines womanhood, identity and belonging through the interior lives of middle-aged South Asian Muslim Canadian women.
Goss said she wrote the collection to normalize the experiences of women whose lives are often presented primarily as immigrant or coming-of-age stories; instead, she focuses on the complexity of midlife issues such as faith, sexuality and family. "I wanted to normalize being Muslim. I wanted to normalize being a female," she said during the interview.
Goss said the stories combine humor and heartache to reflect ordinary but emotionally resonant lives, and that she hopes the book prompts empathy and conversations among readers, particularly brown women who may see themselves in the characters.
The author said the book is available through common online distributors including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and through her publisher, Northwestern University Press. She encouraged readers to seek the book at independent local retailers as well.
