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  • Banner image with floral background and purple foreground with text reading author of Garden Inventories Interview with Mariam  Pirbhai. Photo of author Mariam  Pirbhai on the right, Open Book logo bottom left.
    Banner image with floral background and purple foreground with text reading author of Garden Inventories Interview with Mariam  Pirbhai. Photo of author Mariam  Pirbhai on the right, Open Book logo bottom left.
    January 18, 2024

    Mariam Pirbhai Digs Deep to Find Profound Truths in Gardens, and Ourselves

    We are surrounded by plantlife all the time, and yet, how often do we really think about the ways that we interact with even the most familiar vegetation? Perhaps it takes a person who has travelled far ...

  • Mariam Pirbhai on Bringing Invisible Characters into the Spotlight
    Mariam Pirbhai on Bringing Invisible Characters into the Spotlight
    November 27, 2017

    Mariam Pirbhai on Bringing Invisible Characters into the Spotlight

    An earthquake survivor, a resort hotel maid, a migrant worker on a chicken farm. These are just a few of the fascinating and diverse characters in Mariam Pirbhai's short story collection Outside People ...

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