Sarah Balakrishnan (Sarah Balakrishnan) is both an award winning fiction writer and historian. Our Editorial Assistant Elinor Aspegren interviews Balakrishnan to explore her approach to these worlds--and how they might have more in common than some think! lawandhistoryreview.org/article/an-int…

Learn more about the authors in our latest issue, including Sarah Balakrishnan, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Roberta Bivins, Morgan Clarke, Kevin Donovan, Caroline Ford, Nana Osei-Opare, Ayşe Parla, Dr. Audrey Truschke, and Farzin Vejdani! sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2023/04/1…

The history department is the first department at Duke to issue public support for the union: dukechronicle.com/article/2023/0…

Under the rubric "Marked Bodies and (Un)Making Kin," essays by Sarah Balakrishnan, Farzin Vejdani, and Roberta Bivins examine a carceral system organized around the female body, branding in its multiple significations, and DNA fingerprinting as an exercise of imperial power.

Duke will offer free tuition to North and South Carolina students.newsobserver.com/news/local/edu… The deans of Trinity College were critical to the evolution and execution of this initiative. This is how leadership matters. Kudos Dean Gary Bennett!

🥁 Drumroll please 🥁 In just 2 short days, the winner of the Narrative Prize will be announced! In anticipation, let’s revisit the work of last year’s winner, Sarah Balakrishnan. Enjoy “Rouses Point”: bit.ly/462RyWy #NarrativeMagazine #NarrativePrize #shortstory

🥹 such kind words. 🥹 If the heavens cooperate, I'm sending it to my agents in May. Speaking this into existence!! Thank you so much for your encouragement. It means everything

A last-minute trip to Montreal—what a way to start an aThe first adventure of the year to a destination where not many people are headed. Click here to see where this journey goes: narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-20… #NarrativeMagazine #travelwriting Sarah Balakrishnan

What an unbelievable honour to be listed among these great writers for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Congratulations to all!

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This year, the #CWprize shortlist for Canada and Europe is made up entirely of Canadians! Learn more about the writers 👇

You can read my short story, “When Things End,” which was a finalist for the 2024 Commonwealth Prize, below. PS the cover art for the issue is of my story!

Congratulations to Sarah Balakrishnan, whose CSSH essay "Prison of the Womb: Gender, Incarceration, and Capitalism on the Gold Coast of West Africa, c. 1500–1957” recently won the 2023 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Article Award! sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2024/07/2…

My newest short story, out below. Thanks Narrative Magazine 🥰

Thanks for the read, Pravesh Bhardwaj !