This Is One Way To Dance: Essays

"The essays in Sejal Shah’s finely wrought debut explore congruent realities: to be born and bred in America while simultaneously embedded in the Gujarati diaspora. Shah brings refreshing and depressing observations about having dark skin and an “exotic” name when the only country you’ve lived in is America – and reminds us that India is a giant place with multitudinous cultures. Shah also goes beyond cultural commentary, exploring both her development as a writer and the meaningful relationships in her life, including those she’s lost."