Maisha Hossain

Maisha Hossain is a writer originating from Bangladesh. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor of English at Francis Marion University, South Carolina. She recently completed her PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University (2024) and holds an MA in Creative Writing from Queen’s University Belfast (2018). Her work has previously appeared in Prose Online, Another Chicago Magazine, NPR’s Fresh Picked Prose and QUB’s Blackbird Anthology of 2018, among others. Her creative and scholarly interest lies in postcolonial literature, South Asian Studies and women’s writing.

On Romance

When I asked you why we did not happen, you told me that I was too romantic for you, that my chaos did not fit into the orderly compartments in your life.

Even now, when we talk sometimes – as friends – friends who laugh about what could have been, when you listen to me with more patience and interest than ever, I am surprised by how often I filter my stories of joy.