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Tayyba Kanwal is author of the short story collection, Talking with Boys. She is a Pakistani-American writer, Managing Editor at Conjunctions., and Associate Fiction Editor at Cutleaf Journal. An absconded mathematician and technologist, she is Literary Director at Inprint. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program where she was an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow, and an MS in Mathematics from the University of Oregon.

Books:

TALKING WITH BOYS (Black Lawrence Press, 2026)

Publications:

Recognitions & Good Stuff:

Winner of Black Lawrence Press’ 2023 Immigrant Writing Prize and shortlisted for C&R Press’ 2023 Fiction Award for short story collection | Sewanee Writers’ Conference 2022, 2024 | Kenyon Writers Workshop 2024 | Runner-Up Witness Magazine’s 2022 Literary Award | Winner Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Fiction 2022 | Pushcart Nomination

Interviews & Media - Talking with boys

Review: SOUTHERN REVIEW OF BOOKS | Lael Flores

Interview: HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA / NPR | Michael Hagerty

Interview: BOMB MAGAZINE | Keith Lesmeister

Interview: THE RUMPUS | Allison Wyss

Interview: SITTING IN SILENCE PODCAST | Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Interview: DIVERSE BOOKS REVIEW PODCAST | Hopeton Hay

Interview: CHOSEN TONGUE PODCAST | Eleonora Balsano

Interview: WRITERS CENTER VIRTUAL CRAFT CHAT | Brandon Johnson

Review: TINT JOURNAL | Anushree Nande

Excerpt: SCROLL.IN | Talking with Boys, “Rotis”