Samiya Bashir

“As a writer, an artist, a human, I’d rather work toward my own purpose—or even the purpose of a particular piece of work—than some purpose ascribed to me which, necessarily, comes attached to the agenda of the ascriber. Of course, as we work toward those purposes—good, ill, or indifferent—that rascally rabbit responsibility lurks in the dusty corners and ashy knee-backs.”

Rome Prize

MacDowell Fellow

NEA Fellow