Author Archives: Shubnum Khan
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Some days, this is how it feels to be a woman.
The cold brick behind your back
Standing behind a building, around the corner, in a space in the wall, hands on your knees, back against the wall, breathing hard, breathing in, trying to focus on the stars. No sound except your breathing. A square of light opens briefly in the parking lot as people enter, the […]
That night in the subway
I stand and wait. Take photos. Try to trace the music to its source. Watch. Hold onto hope. Close my eyes and recall. Drown in the moment. Feel its corners close in. Spread them open. Breathe. Another life, yet all I have known.
Cordoba Patios Festival
A travel piece I published about my time in Spain at the wonderful Patios Festival in Cordoba. SHUBNUM KHAN was in Córdoba for the city’s famed Patio Festival and came back with a kaleidoscope of colours and the smell of jasmine and geraniums seared into her memory. In mid-May each year, […]
Ledig House (March – April 2015)
I spent the end of winter at a Writing Residency at Ledig House in Ghent which is in upstate New York (about a two hour train ride from the city). At different times of the year they host musicians, artists, writers and dancers. It’s been running since 1992 so with […]
