Uzma Aslam Khan
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Introduction | Author of five novels, most recently THE MIRACULOUS TRUE HISTORY OF NOMI ALI. Some short fiction and non-fiction too. I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and grew up mostly in Karachi. Movement has been a close friend and home. As a child, I also lived in Manila, Tokyo and London. As an adult, in Upstate NY, Tucson, Lahore, Rabat, Honolulu, and, presently, western Massachusetts. I wrote my first (complete) story at age six and can never remember a time when I didn't scribble in a notebook. In this photo, I’m on a suspension bridge in Hunza, northern Pakistan, where a previous novel THINNER THAN SKIN is set. I found the bridge on my way from Passu to Gilgit. In case you’re in the area, you can hazard the crossing by following this route. |
| Interests | Books, travel, history, music, birds, the sea. |
| Favorite movies | Battle of Algiers, Secret of Roan Inish, Brother From Another Planet, Italian for Beginners, Maachis, My Beautiful Laundrette, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Babel, Crimson Gold, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Open Water, Seraphine, Five Broken Cameras, Theeb, Skate Kitchen, Kedi, 20 Feet From Stardom, CODA, Bab' Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul, Joyland. |
| Favorite music | Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Bob Marley, Sade, Valerie June, Leon Bridges, Marvin Gaye, Tinariwen, Pathanay Khan, Mehdi Hassan, Qurban Fakir & Ensemble, Otis Redding, Baaba Maal, Aurelio, Ali Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Cowboy Junkies, Rokia Traore, Lala Njava, Glass Animals, Issa Bagayogo |
| Favorite books | A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf, WAYS OF SEEING by John Berger, MEMORY OF FIRE: GENESIS by Eduardo Galeano, THE WAYS OF WHITE FOLKS by Langston Hughes, THE VET'S DAUGHTER by Barbara Comyns, THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy, CONFRONTING EMPIRE: interviews of Eqbal Ahmad with David Barsamian, THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, THE BEAK OF THE FINCH by Jonathan Weiner, WILD BOY by Jill Dawson, THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LUCILLE CLIFTON Ed. Michael Glaser, SLAVE OLD MAN by Patrick Chamoiseau, THE MOOR'S ACCOUNT by Laila Lalami, THE KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones, BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer. |