Jul 20, 2020
Ballet Helped Me Reclaim My Identity as a Queer Iranian
Imagination could only take me so far. I was ready to dance—and this time my mom couldn’t say no.
Arya Roshanian (he/him/his) is a writer based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Variety, BOMB magazine, Catapult, and Opera News. He is a graduate of University of Southern California, where he served as an editor at the Daily Trojan. He is currently writing a collection of short stories, but please don't remind him about it.
Imagination could only take me so far. I was ready to dance—and this time my mom couldn’t say no.
