⋆˚࿔ alana mohamed 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
Writer and librarian from Queens, NY.
Alana Mohamed writes nonfiction about books, technology, and culture, fiction about her mother, and emails about email marketing.
In 2016, Alana founded the quadrennial publication Anxiety Dream Zine to chronicle the nightmare that is American democracy. Email her if you want a copy of the most recent issue.
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Recent(ish) Work
Review: The Book Censor's Library (Full Stop, 2024)
If the vagueness of the book censor’s enemy frustrates at times, it also allows for it to be read as allegorical to a number of ongoing conversations about censorship across the globe.
Review: Two Plays (Full Stop, 2024)
In Two Plays, Satish Alekar’s sense of whimsy, bolstered by the translator’s ear for colloquialism, becomes an antidote to the intellectually stifling nature of the modern world.
Magic Numbers (Real Life, 2022)
Treating “the algorithm” as a kind of divine power misunderstands where algorithmic power comes from.