Back in July, I took part in a conversation with the editors of What God Is Honored Here and some of the other contributing writers for the University of Minnesota Press podcast. It was a genuine honor to be included in the conversation. The more I hear from the women who made this anthology possible - the editors and the writers, the more grateful I am to be heard among their voices. Click here to give it a listen. ![]() Miscarriage and infant loss are experiences that disproportionately affect Indigenous women and women of color. WHAT GOD IS HONORED HERE? is the first book of its kind, a literary collection of voices of these women coming together to speak about the traumas and tragedies of womanhood. "We are talking about equity. We are talking about racism. We are talking about all of the things that we’ve been needing to talk about. This work is only still beginning," says co-editor Kao Kalia Yang, who is joined here by co-editor Shannon Gibney and writers Michelle Borok, Soniah Kamal, Jami Nakamura Lin, and Seema Reza. This edited conversation was recorded in July 2020.
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![]() I'm not a podcast person, but I've been interviewed for two of them now and I've enjoyed the experience, and I've been honored to be a guest. The origin story of The Trip and where it's taken listeners so far is pretty fantastic. It's a privilege to be part of that journey for Episode 93. Have a listen HERE. Michelle Borok is one of something like 9 million Americans who live overseas—nobody’s quite sure how many there are, nobody cares much about counting them. But one thing is certain: they are a more diverse group than you might think. This week, I’m talking with three American women, writers all—Michelle Borok, Sarah Souli, and Ruth Terry—about what it’s like to be Korean-American in Mongolia, Arab-American in Athens, and Black American in Istanbul, watching all this nonsense from afar. I’ll start with Ruth Terry in Istanbul, who talks about anti-blackness among white Americans overseas and about her dreams for what travel writing could become in a post-lockdown world. Terra made some some artisanal chocolates with the Little Airship DIY candy kit. She gave it 4 out of 5 stars, but noted that the sprinkles were very "rainbow-y". Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe! She still wants to break into the double digits! Spring is my least favorite season in Mongolia, despite the warmer weather, but there is one highlight: floppy, fuzzy, brand-new baby goats and sheep! Last year, we visited Idree's camp to see some babies, with Terra's best friend Sunderiya along for the fun. I put together the video I shot to share with everyone for what has turned out to be a more glum than usual season. Enjoy the bleats of all the babies and the blue skies. If you're so inclined, it would absolutely, positively make Terra's day if you subscribed to her channel. Help us break into the double digits! While everyone is adjusting to #CoronaLife, that's been life in Mongolia since mid-January. A week after our family came home from an amazing trip to the U.S. to spend Christmas with my parents and the week after New Year's with my best friend, the outbreak in China had exploded and Mongolia was on high alert, deathly afraid of the novel coronavirus crossing the border. Schools closed and "quarantine" began. Every day since has been varying degrees of anxiety about what ifs. I'm one of the lucky ones who has always worked remotely and, for the most part, work hasn't changed much for me, but life at home is something else.
So, while this isn't involuntary free time for me, with all the thoughts spinning in my head, I figured it was time to finally launch my website. I'll be archiving past writing that's currently floating around on the internet and sharing new writing, but mostly trying to consolidate the traces of me online. We'll see how it goes... |
Michelle BorokI'm a writer and editor living in Darkhan, Mongolia, by way of Los Angeles. It's a long story... I write about it sometimes. Archives
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