https://avabbas.github.io/academic-cv/tags/writing/WritingHugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://avabbas.github.io/academic-cv/media/icon_hu_5ac22c9ce43dded7.pnghttps://avabbas.github.io/academic-cv/tags/writing/https://avabbas.github.io/academic-cv/post/news-memoir-round/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://avabbas.github.io/academic-cv/post/news-memoir-round/<p>Research is not the only writing leaving this desk. <strong>And We Will Dance One Day</strong>, a memoir of about 80,000 words written in Persian and translated into English, is now under consideration in a full submission round.</p> <p>The full manuscript is with <strong>Dzanc Books</strong> and <strong>Split/Lip Press</strong>. Excerpts are under consideration at <strong>AGNI</strong>, <strong>The Common</strong>, <strong>ACM Translations</strong>, <strong>Four Way Review</strong>, and <strong>Markaz</strong>.</p> <p>The book tells the story of a childhood divided by divorce and war, a father&rsquo;s return to Iraq and the choice between his two families, and a mother who held a household together through all of it. It is, in its own way, also a study of minds under pressure, which is perhaps why it sits comfortably next to the research programme on this site.</p>