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Thankam mathews7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Once I am approaching sentience, I make a perfect fried egg: sunny-side up, crispy lacy edges, and always with a lashing of black pepper. My parents got a fat bag of it as a gift once, but they are committed to old man Lipton, so they gave it to me. The tea is Vahdam, loose-leaf, and it’s good. I make a mug of Darjeeling tea and wait for my eyes to uncross themselves. Our friends at the Cut say, “You’ll fall most in love with its wickedly sharp narrator, who’s funny, passionate, and complicated.” You might say the same about Mathews, who is also the founder of the mutual aid group Bed-Stuy Strong, and who spent this “personally apocalyptic week” meditating on friendship and illness, as well as considering the joy of giving someone their very first oyster. ![]() ![]() It follows Sneha, a young Indian immigrant building her life in Milwaukee, as she starts a soul-crushing corporate job while navigating friendship and dating - before things devolve into chaos. Next week, Sarah Thankam Mathews will publish her debut novel, All This Could Be Different. ![]() “You would never guess that a mere few years ago I was a pencil-skirt-wearing Young Professional per-my-last-emailing my way through the world.” ![]()
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