nancy_am

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Right now, I have 124 stories in 9 collections on the site. My stories have been read 88766 times and 79 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Stories

Reasons not to fall in love with a Communist

Submitted on December 31, 2011 - 05:10 | 76 reads

We are filled with pain and crushed bones

Submitted on October 28, 2011 - 18:05 | 95 reads

for Tahrir, for Egypt

Submitted on February 15, 2011 - 17:41 | 587 reads

nothing new

Submitted on January 3, 2011 - 17:50 | 137 reads

You are everything and nothing like my grandmothers

Submitted on September 23, 2010 - 09:37 | 590 reads

Work in progress

Submitted on November 13, 2009 - 20:42 | 263 reads

Number 111

Submitted on November 7, 2009 - 20:32 | 259 reads

this is not a horror story

Submitted on May 31, 2009 - 15:25 | 228 reads

There is this sound

Submitted on May 4, 2009 - 05:42 | 288 reads

For the pigeons

Submitted on November 15, 2008 - 13:51 | 326 reads

I know a monk

Submitted on October 26, 2008 - 17:17 | 321 reads

The things that make her stay

Submitted on October 11, 2008 - 08:17 | 338 reads

The Lima News, July 11 1950

Submitted on March 23, 2008 - 13:15 | 1047 reads

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

Submitted on October 26, 2007 - 18:20 | 368 reads

on Mr. Hughes' death

Submitted on May 17, 2007 - 10:21 | 820 reads

On Tuesday was the sandstorm, Wednesday comes the rain

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 08:38 | 510 reads

You don't think of these things in Jerusalem

Submitted on January 24, 2007 - 21:42 | 467 reads

Anna's Poem

Submitted on May 11, 2006 - 16:51 | 2112 reads

Dear Kaleb

Submitted on April 25, 2006 - 11:48 | 568 reads

unforseen circumstance of lamentable smiles

Submitted on March 16, 2006 - 11:36 | 605 reads

give me a reason to be a woman

Submitted on November 16, 2005 - 21:42 | 849 reads

on pins and needles

Submitted on October 31, 2005 - 13:52 | 3392 reads

He walked away from the typewriter because...

Submitted on October 24, 2005 - 10:48 | 821 reads

as winter comes

Submitted on November 10, 2004 - 07:59 | 632 reads

X - Gravedigger

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:58 | 611 reads

the day you walked in

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:03 | 608 reads

postcards to the edge

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:00 | 720 reads

Learning, forgetting, unlearning, aching...

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:00 | 664 reads

Falling in Love Fifties Style

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:33 | 638 reads

Californian Despair

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:25 | 736 reads

the cigarette burns between us

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:25 | 753 reads

by the window

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:58 | 620 reads

clinging to the sky

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:05 | 610 reads

photographs of the living

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:13 | 745 reads

X - Lesotho, in the airport

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 630 reads

Y - leavng the kalahari behind

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:09 | 617 reads

V - Lesotho to Cape Town

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 607 reads

W - Lesotho, dares and alligators

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:36 | 620 reads

T - Lesotho, and apologies

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:35 | 609 reads

U - Lesotho, on the horses

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:35 | 668 reads

R - Lesotho, and the inevitability of forgetting

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:33 | 642 reads

S - Lesotho, in the evening dew

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 609 reads

P - Lesotho, in Semonkong

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 658 reads

Q - Lesotho and Junior, Understanding

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:33 | 641 reads

N - Lesotho to Victoria Falls

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:31 | 621 reads

O - Lesotho, and what Douglas doesn't know

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:32 | 632 reads

Lesotho, under the blankets

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 657 reads

M - Lesotho and what we will not admit

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 629 reads

Lesotho to Johannesburg

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:27 | 710 reads

K - Lesotho, in her belly

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:30 | 685 reads

H - Lesotho - Coelho and I

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 639 reads

I - Lesotho, and the home of god

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:27 | 658 reads

Lesotho, as the petals fall

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 779 reads

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

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 617 reads

Lesotho, and what we do not believe

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:24 | 700 reads

Lesotho, in the hills and stars

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:26 | 725 reads

Lesotho, and what we want to forget

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:34 | 740 reads

Lesotho, Remembering

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:22 | 767 reads

Lesotho, back today

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:34 | 756 reads

The Chapter of Scents

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 13:25 | 749 reads

Walking Away

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:16 | 580 reads

Emily

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:34 | 728 reads

The Language of Love

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:06 | 863 reads

Suzy

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 10:23 | 642 reads

Why I Don't Believe in Love

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 04:04 | 741 reads

Snapshot

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:43 | 761 reads

J

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 02:20 | 745 reads

People Who Are Happy Don't Die

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 05:53 | 799 reads

Roots, or lacking them

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 01:21 | 757 reads

Taxi Driver

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 11:05 | 729 reads

Misinterpreting Oliver

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:04 | 726 reads

He read Paul Weller lyrics...

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:31 | 791 reads

Carved Oak

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 18:00 | 736 reads

Finding Nicolas

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 02:22 | 734 reads

Remembering

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:33 | 800 reads

The things that are missing

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:24 | 628 reads

Beginning

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:49 | 736 reads

Maya; Growing up

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:14 | 632 reads

trading scars

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:17 | 959 reads

together, flawed

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 05:20 | 781 reads

Inside

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:50 | 638 reads

Doris

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 01:41 | 798 reads

P - eye to eye

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:22 | 743 reads

It's just skin

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:40 | 764 reads

Adrian

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:15 | 722 reads

Stopping Clocks

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:38 | 804 reads

Nostalgia

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:53 | 954 reads

Letter

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:44 | 805 reads

my father's cousin

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:25 | 842 reads

On Cutting Your Hair

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:53 | 749 reads

Phone call, long distance

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 03:27 | 740 reads

Cursed in Colour

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:41 | 744 reads

Spooning

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:21 | 865 reads

On having your photo taken

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:44 | 823 reads

Dilemmas of a Poet

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 757 reads

A Man, Coming of Age

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:33 | 740 reads

Nicolas Revisited

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 17:52 | 807 reads

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

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 07:55 | 777 reads

Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 06:39 | 1060 reads

Whispers in a shrine

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 13:39 | 736 reads

Here by your Grave

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:39 | 773 reads

N - spaces in between

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:00 | 743 reads

sugar, melting

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 00:22 | 769 reads

Platform, Imagining

Submitted on September 28, 2004 - 21:31 | 784 reads

Poem

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 06:06 | 765 reads

on Writing Poetry

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:14 | 874 reads

Black Inkstain on a White Dress

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 10:06 | 764 reads

I am easy to break

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 09:05 | 790 reads

blankets hiding broken bones

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:45 | 718 reads

Trying to Find the Good in It

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 08:20 | 869 reads

Caramel II

Submitted on September 15, 2004 - 08:06 | 823 reads

Curtains of Dust

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 07:49 | 830 reads

Andrew's Ideas

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:44 | 768 reads

Comfortable

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:09 | 765 reads

Amandla

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 04:46 | 768 reads

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

Submitted on January 19, 2005 - 12:57 | 638 reads

and we opted for the easy way out

Submitted on December 1, 2004 - 11:59 | 624 reads

Snapshot II

Submitted on September 14, 2004 - 23:41 | 798 reads

Taxi Ride

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 14:33 | 692 reads

God's Breath

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 766 reads

G- at 2 am

Submitted on November 21, 2004 - 11:29 | 714 reads

one morning in november

Submitted on November 21, 2004 - 11:23 | 657 reads

What she saw...

Submitted on October 11, 2004 - 10:33 | 639 reads

Lesotho, in the evening dew

Submitted on September 29, 2004 - 00:34 | 930 reads