Julius Lobo is a teacher, writer, and parent to a gaggle of kids and a lab/shep pup. Swept up by a love of books, he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature and has held a variety of teaching positions. He and his family currently live in the Baltimore area. He is partial to a strong cup of Assam black tea.
Echoes of colonial oppression, cultural exchange, and indigenous resistance still resonate in contemporary Pakistani literature.
These nonfiction books about racism toward Asian Americans are all too timely as the COVID-19 pandemic incites xenophobia and attacks.
"Grief had closed me in, and what I needed were the expansive reaches of time and space."