My Eyes Yearn for You: A Short History of Longing in NYC
“Fashion’s bright lights beckoned me toward New York.”
Rajat Singh is a writer living in New York. He is working on a collection of essays on queer melancholy.
Enter your email address to receive notifications for author Rajat Singh
Success!
Confirmation link sent to your email to add you to notification list for author Rajat Singh
More by this author
The Queer Gaze: How the Photography of William Gedney Taught Me to Look
Gedney immortalizes the carefree embraces between bodies of men who lean into one another in gentle, carefree repose.
Looking Backward: How Urdu Poetry Makes Queerness Historical
For three centuries, the ghazal has been the most prestigious and popular genre of Urdu poetry.
Strains of Melancholy: Thumri and the Indian Music of Waiting
Thumri explores the dual sides of love: union as well as the pangs of separation.
More in this series
A Brief History of American Utopian Communities
“Utopian communities are inherently tragic because they are always, every single time, doomed to failure.”
Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Saves Cities
Statues and monuments tell us about ourselves mostly, what we hope to remember and be remembered by.
My Father Wishes He Were a Writer, Like Me
Writing was just something I thought happened to people naturally, that whatever wasn’t written was eventually forgotten. And I wanted to remember everything.