Reema was our first guest! We interviewed her in February of 2019, two months before we officially launched the podcast. And now as we round the corner to our three-year anniversary, I wanted to honor her and her beautiful writing by reading to you from one of my favorite chapters of her critically acclaimed memoir, I am Yours.

Reema Zaman is an award-winning author, speaker, and actress. She was born in Bangladesh, raised in Hawaii and Thailand and presently lives in Oregon, United States. She is an Oregon Literary Arts’ Writer of Color Fellow and her essays have been published EVERYWHERE, including Vogue, Salon, The Guardian, The Rumpus and Huffpo.

Visit: https://www.reemazaman.com/author

Instagram: @reemazaman

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