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Not Your Mother’s Forehand

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Welcome to my playground of Essays, fiction, photography, writing tips, writing rants, some thoughtful ramblings , Boulangerie hunting and occassionally, tennis.

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About Buku Sarkar

Writer— mostly fiction. photographer; instructor—icp, center for fiction
Books: not quite a disaster after all ; monograph: Photowali Didi,
Co-writer Shameless (Cannes 'Un Certain Regard '24) ig@bukuisback

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