Through Fanfiction, I Learned the Machinery of My Mind
On the page, I was intact. I was smart and forceful. I had a comeback for every spar.
Yasmin Roshanian is a writer and editor. She has recently completed a novel surrounding Iranian-Americans as they navigate college during the onset of the Obama Administration.
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