- In “The Prophets,” Robert Jones Jr.tells a story that feels descendant of Toni Morrison, San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2021
- Jess Walter Returns with His Seventh and Best Novel “The Cold Millions,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2020
- The Border Between Magic and Annihilation: On Laura van den Berg’s “I Hold a Wolf by the Ears,” Los Angeles Review of Books, October 6, 2020
- Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ prods faith, science, addiction, San Francisco Chronicle, September 1, 2020
- ‘Winter Counts’ tells a Hard-boiled Crime Story on the Reservation, San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 2020
- In ‘The Color of Air’ Community Bonds are Forged, San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2020
- Strange Cosmic Entertainment: On Charlie Kaufman’s Antkind, Los Angeles Review of Books, July 7, 2020
- In ‘A Burning’ A Terrorist Attack Exposes a Broken Political Situation in India, San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2020
- ‘A Song From Faraway’ tests myths surrounding colonist men, San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 2020
- The Story is Her Ancestors in ‘That Hair,’ Los Angeles Review of Books, April 23, 2020
- Self-Discovery flourishes through second chances in ‘It’s Not All Downhill From Here,’ San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 2020
- ‘Henna Artist’ Paints a Dramatic India, If Not Entirely Historical San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 2020
- Hilarious ‘Interior Chinatown’ skewers Asian American stereotypes, San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2020
- Review: Old wounds span generations in E.J. Koh’s ‘Magical Language of Others’, San Francisco Chronicle, December 29, 2019
- A Year in Reading, The Millions, December 16, 2019
- On ‘Pigs,’ a novel by Johanna Stoberock, On the Seawall, October 22, 2019
- How I’ve Changed as a Parent in the Wake of My Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis, Catapult, September 23, 2019
- Research Notes: Chimerica, Necessary Fiction, September 6, 2019
- Susan Straight’s ‘Country of Women’ describes ‘true America’, San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 2019
- ‘Sing a Rhythm’ is a visionary manifesto for the education of black and brown girls, San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2019
- 12 Books That Prove the Literary/Genre Distinction is Bogus, Electric Lit, August 16, 2019
- How Rachel Khong Built The Ruby, a Coworking Community for San Francisco Creatives, Catapult, May 16, 2019
- On Tears of the Truffle Pig, a novel by Fernando Flores, On the Seawall, May 14, 2019
- 13 Asian American & Pacific Islander Authors On The First Time They Saw Themselves In A Book, Bustle, May 1, 2019
- Review: ‘Naamah’ reimagines Noah, his ark and his unconventional wife, San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 2019
- Sui Generis: Helen Oyeyemi’s “Gingerbread”, LARB, March 5, 2019
- On Binstead’s Safari, a novel by Rachel Ingalls, On the Seawall, February 19, 2019
- Dark days: A review of ‘The Collected Schizophrenias,’ by Esmé Weijun Wang, San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 2019
- ‘The Atlas Of Reds And Blues’ Was Inspired By Author Devi Laskar’s Frightening Experience With Law Enforcement, Bustle, February 6, 2019
- Weighed down by our past: ‘Heavy: An American Memoir,’ by Kiese Laymon, San Francisco Chronicle, December 17, 2018
- Anita Felicelli and Huda Al-Marashi Discuss Diaspora, Breaking the Rules, and Reality vs. Likability, The Millions, November 27, 2018
- Research Notes, Love Songs for a Lost Continent, Necessary Fiction, October 19, 2018
- ‘Washington Black,’ by Esi Edugyan, San Francisco Chronicle, October 9, 2018
- Anxiety-based Insomnia Nearly Tore My Life Apart, Slate, September 24, 2018
- ‘Heartland,’ by Sarah Smarsh, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2018
- ‘Sea Prayer,’ by Khaled Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2018
- Satire and Subversion in Ishmael Reed’s “Conjugating Hindi”, LARB, September 8, 2018
- ‘The Incendiaries,’ by R.O. Kwon, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2018
- Falling in Love with Eve Harrington, The Rumpus, July 12, 2018
- ‘Elsie Piddock Skips In Her Sleep’ Is A Kids’ Guidebook To Resistance, Romper, July 9, 2018
- 8 Books About the Eerie, Awesome Connection Between Identical Twins, Electric Lit, June 29, 2018
- When The Connection With Your Baby Is Slow In Coming: A Lesson In Twin Love, Romper, June 28, 2018
- Elaine Castillo’s “America Is Not the Heart”, San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2018
- Missed Connections: Review of Hanne Ørstavik’s “Love”, Los Angeles Review of Books, April 10, 2018
- Shobha Rao’s “Girls Burn Brighter”, San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 2018
- Mary Beard’s “Women & Power: A Manifesto”, San Francisco Chronicle, December 14, 2017
- Louise Erdrich’s “Future Home of the Living God”, Los Angeles Review of Books, December 12, 2017
- Isabel Allende’s “In the Midst of Winter”, San Francisco Chronicle, November 9, 2017
- Ayobami Adeboyo’s “Stay With Me”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 11, 2017
- Nancy McLean’s “Democracy in Chains”, Los Angeles Review of Books, September 8, 2017
- Durga Chew-Bose’s “Too Much and Not the Mood”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 3, 2017
- Interview with Arundhati Roy, San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2017
- Outside Language and Power: The Mastery of Arundhati Roy’s “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, LARB, June 21, 2017 ( mentioned by The Atlantic )
- Laleh Khadivi’s “A Good Country”, San Francisco Chronicle, June 1, 2017
- Immigrant voices: Fiction by Unnikrishnan, Tharoor, Alomar, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2017
- Min Jin Lee’s “Pachinko”, San Francisco Chronicle, March 31, 2017
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See, San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 2017
- Roxane Gay’s “Difficult Women”, San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2017
- Tana French’s “The Trespasser”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2016
- The Cauliflower: Deconstruction of a Hindu Mystic’s Spiritual Legacy – Review of The Cauliflower, Los Angeles Review of Books, August 19, 2016
- Yaa Gyasi’s “Homegoing”, San Francisco Chronicle, June 3, 2016
- Shobha Rao’s “An Unrestored Woman”, San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, 2016
- A Sense of a Real Home – Review of The Year of the Runaways and The Association of Small Bombs, Los Angeles Review of Books, March 24, 2016
- Nayomi Munaweera’s second novel “What Lies Between Us”, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 19, 2016
- Idra Novey’s fantastic “Ways to Disappear”, San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2016
- Eli Horowitz’s The Pickle Index, San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2015
- Joshua Mohr’s All This Life, San Francisco Chronicle, July 16, 2015
- Vendela Vida’s The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty, San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2015
- The Memories of Elephants – Review of The Tusk That Did the Damage, Los Angeles Review of Books, May 23, 2015
- Interview with Xiaolu Guo, Los Angeles Review of Books, October 29, 2014
- Does Fan Service Ruin Television? PopMatters, June 16, 2014
- Of Course She’s Pretty, Salon, May 22, 2014
- Boy, Snow, Bird, The Rumpus, March 3, 2014
- Traversing Anupam Chander’s The Electronic Silk Road” Verdict, October 9, 2013
- The ‘Moment’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Lowland,” Los Angeles Review of Books, October 9, 2013
- Is She Yours? Brain, Child, June 15, 2013
- The Sacred and the Profane, The Rumpus, April 25, 2013
- You’re Getting Very Sleepy, Babble, March 6, 2013
- Stepping Out From Behind The Email, The New York Times, January 31, 2013
- Lime Pickle, Punchnel’s, January 17, 2013
- The Magic Bullet, The Rumpus, November 2, 2012
- Jeet Thayil on Courting Controversy, Challenging Convention in Narcopolis, Publishing Perspectives, June 21, 2012
- Interview with Santhosh Daniel About The Light Thief, PAIFF, September 15th, 2011