nancy_am

I have 128 stories in 10 collections on the site. My stories have been read 99917 times and 82 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Stories

This man tried to guess my ethnicity

First published on January 11, 2013 - 18:44  | 231 reads

A half hour telephone conversation

First published on October 26, 2012 - 20:12  | 48 reads

On the day of the earthquake

First published on June 13, 2012 - 12:05  | 231 reads

This is where we belong

First published on June 1, 2012 - 16:23  | 216 reads

Reasons not to fall in love with a Communist

First published on December 31, 2011 - 06:10  | 127 reads

We are filled with pain and crushed bones

First published on October 28, 2011 - 19:05  | 185 reads

for Tahrir, for Egypt

First published on February 15, 2011 - 18:41  | 792 reads

nothing new

First published on January 3, 2011 - 18:50  | 201 reads

You are everything and nothing like my grandmothers

First published on September 23, 2010 - 10:37  | 743 reads

Work in progress

First published on November 13, 2009 - 21:42  | 327 reads

Number 111

First published on November 7, 2009 - 21:32  | 335 reads

this is not a horror story

First published on May 31, 2009 - 16:25  | 299 reads

There is this sound

First published on May 4, 2009 - 06:42  | 383 reads

For the pigeons

First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:51  | 395 reads

I know a monk

First published on October 26, 2008 - 18:17  | 382 reads

The things that make her stay

First published on October 11, 2008 - 09:17  | 413 reads

The Lima News, July 11 1950

First published on March 23, 2008 - 14:15  | 1171 reads

All India will ever be, fits in the palm of your hand

First published on October 26, 2007 - 19:20  | 447 reads

on Mr. Hughes' death

First published on May 17, 2007 - 11:21  | 909 reads

On Tuesday was the sandstorm, Wednesday comes the rain

First published on May 14, 2007 - 09:38  | 564 reads

You don't think of these things in Jerusalem

First published on January 24, 2007 - 22:42  | 523 reads

Anna's Poem

First published on May 11, 2006 - 17:51  | 2553 reads

Dear Kaleb

First published on April 25, 2006 - 12:48  | 652 reads

unforseen circumstance of lamentable smiles

First published on March 16, 2006 - 12:36  | 680 reads

give me a reason to be a woman

First published on November 16, 2005 - 22:42  | 939 reads

on pins and needles

First published on October 31, 2005 - 14:52  | 3535 reads

He walked away from the typewriter because...

First published on October 24, 2005 - 11:48  | 875 reads

from a smoked up jazz filled bar to the quiet of this seat

First published on January 19, 2005 - 13:57  | 714 reads

and we opted for the easy way out

First published on December 1, 2004 - 12:59  | 716 reads

G- at 2 am

First published on November 21, 2004 - 12:29  | 789 reads

one morning in november

First published on November 21, 2004 - 12:23  | 748 reads

as winter comes

First published on November 10, 2004 - 08:59  | 710 reads

What she saw...

First published on October 11, 2004 - 11:33  | 721 reads

Amandla

First published on September 29, 2004 - 05:46  | 846 reads

J

First published on September 29, 2004 - 03:20  | 824 reads

Falling in Love Fifties Style

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:33  | 707 reads

the cigarette burns between us

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:25  | 824 reads

Californian Despair

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:25  | 813 reads

Roots, or lacking them

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:21  | 816 reads

photographs of the living

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:13  | 841 reads

Y - leavng the kalahari behind

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:09  | 682 reads

clinging to the sky

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:05  | 703 reads

the day you walked in

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:03  | 693 reads

postcards to the edge

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:00  | 797 reads

Learning, forgetting, unlearning, aching...

First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:00  | 745 reads

by the window

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:58  | 703 reads

X - Gravedigger

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:58  | 694 reads

Cursed in Colour

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:41  | 853 reads

X - Lesotho, in the airport

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36  | 707 reads

W - Lesotho, dares and alligators

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36  | 689 reads

V - Lesotho to Cape Town

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36  | 678 reads

U - Lesotho, on the horses

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:35  | 745 reads

T - Lesotho, and apologies

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:35  | 685 reads

Lesotho, in the evening dew

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34  | 1053 reads

S - Lesotho, in the evening dew

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34  | 692 reads

P - Lesotho, in Semonkong

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34  | 745 reads

R - Lesotho, and the inevitability of forgetting

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:33  | 717 reads

Q - Lesotho and Junior, Understanding

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:33  | 716 reads

O - Lesotho, and what Douglas doesn't know

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:32  | 703 reads

N - Lesotho to Victoria Falls

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:31  | 694 reads

M - Lesotho and what we will not admit

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30  | 695 reads

Lesotho, under the blankets

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30  | 740 reads

K - Lesotho, in her belly

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30  | 750 reads

Lesotho to Johannesburg

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:27  | 797 reads

I - Lesotho, and the home of god

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:27  | 736 reads

G - Lesotho, and what we did not want to know

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26  | 687 reads

H - Lesotho - Coelho and I

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26  | 707 reads

Lesotho, as the petals fall

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26  | 856 reads

Lesotho, in the hills and stars

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26  | 793 reads

Lesotho, and what we do not believe

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:24  | 759 reads

Lesotho, Remembering

First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:22  | 837 reads

Platform, Imagining

First published on September 28, 2004 - 22:31  | 855 reads

The things that are missing

First published on September 28, 2004 - 22:24  | 681 reads

Lesotho, and what we want to forget

First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:34  | 794 reads

Lesotho, back today

First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:34  | 823 reads

trading scars

First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:17  | 1142 reads

I am easy to break

First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:05  | 873 reads

Misinterpreting Oliver

First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:04  | 788 reads

my father's cousin

First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:25  | 926 reads

Spooning

First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:21  | 963 reads

Caramel II

First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:06  | 914 reads

You, captured twice or Four reasons why I don't know

First published on September 15, 2004 - 08:55  | 851 reads

A Man, Coming of Age

First published on September 15, 2004 - 08:33  | 829 reads

Poem

First published on September 15, 2004 - 07:06  | 854 reads

He read Paul Weller lyrics...

First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:31  | 851 reads

together, flawed

First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:20  | 867 reads

Maya; Growing up

First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:14  | 712 reads

Phone call, long distance

First published on September 15, 2004 - 04:27  | 819 reads

Finding Nicolas

First published on September 15, 2004 - 03:22  | 827 reads

Beginning

First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:49  | 802 reads

Doris

First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:41  | 887 reads

Remembering

First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:33  | 872 reads

Inside

First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:50  | 718 reads

sugar, melting

First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:22  | 851 reads

P - eye to eye

First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:22  | 826 reads

Adrian

First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:15  | 780 reads

N - spaces in between

First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:00  | 807 reads

blankets hiding broken bones

First published on September 15, 2004 - 00:45  | 789 reads

Snapshot II

First published on September 15, 2004 - 00:41  | 880 reads

Carved Oak

First published on September 13, 2004 - 19:00  | 818 reads

Nicolas Revisited

First published on September 13, 2004 - 18:52  | 880 reads

Letter

First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:44  | 941 reads

Snapshot

First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:43  | 827 reads

It's just skin

First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:40  | 851 reads

Taxi Ride

First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:33  | 775 reads

Comfortable

First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:09  | 849 reads

Whispers in a shrine

First published on September 13, 2004 - 14:39  | 816 reads

The Chapter of Scents

First published on September 13, 2004 - 14:25  | 812 reads

Suzy

First published on September 13, 2004 - 11:23  | 713 reads

Black Inkstain on a White Dress

First published on September 13, 2004 - 11:06  | 844 reads

People Who Are Happy Don't Die

First published on September 13, 2004 - 06:53  | 862 reads

Emily

First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:34  | 790 reads

Walking Away

First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:16  | 644 reads

The Language of Love

First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:06  | 947 reads

Why I Don't Believe in Love

First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:04  | 813 reads

Taxi Driver

First published on September 12, 2004 - 12:05  | 781 reads

Andrew's Ideas

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:44  | 855 reads

On having your photo taken

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:44  | 909 reads

Dilemmas of a Poet

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43  | 829 reads

God's Breath

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43  | 846 reads

On Cutting Your Hair

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:53  | 829 reads

Nostalgia

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:53  | 1034 reads

Here by your Grave

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:39  | 868 reads

Stopping Clocks

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:38  | 890 reads

Trying to Find the Good in It

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:20  | 962 reads

on Writing Poetry

First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:14  | 974 reads

Curtains of Dust

First published on September 12, 2004 - 08:49  | 932 reads

Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut

First published on September 12, 2004 - 07:39  | 1169 reads