Sonja Srinivasan
Sonja Srinivasan holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Warren Wilson program, and has written Alma Mater, a collection of stories and novellas set at a fictitious university, from which “The Mathematician’s Daughter” is taken. Her story “In-flight Entertainment” was published in 2016 by Quiddity magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her essay “The Need for a National Writer?” was published by Macedonian literary journal Blesok, and another essay “Time for Rhyme” was published in Summer 2017. She attended the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 2015, and the Napa Valley Writers' Conference in 2014 and 2015. Sonja also writes a non-fiction blog, The Women of Letters, on various subjects such as literary criticism, the arts, and social issues. She holds degrees from Stanford and Columbia Universities, and is also an opera singer.
Almahdi
The conversion was an unlikely story.
For over two decades, Professor Philippe Halston had been the rock star at Rudyard University’s history department who brought in grants, acclaim, students, and visiting lecturers from afar, an expert on the Enlightenment and pre-Industrial Revolution secular European thinking. He lived an immaculate life with an immaculate house and an immaculate career untainted by failure.
For over two decades, Professor Philippe Halston had been the rock star at Rudyard University’s history department who brought in grants, acclaim, students, and visiting lecturers from afar, an expert on the Enlightenment and pre-Industrial Revolution secular European thinking. He lived an immaculate life with an immaculate house and an immaculate career untainted by failure.
Long Short Story
Issue 67, November 2022
The Mathematician’s Daughter
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. She jerks her head up with a start and sees the clock–9:40 a.m. There just might be time! There just might be time if Nancy runs fast enough, time to see John and confess her love for him. She has been working on a proof all night and has fallen asleep at her desk and is late, is late, for a very important date,
Short Story
Issue 37, May 2020
Sonja Srinivasan
Sonja Srinivasan holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Warren Wilson program, and has written Alma Mater, a collection of stories and novellas set at a fictitious university, from which “The Mathematician’s Daughter” is taken. Her story “In-flight Entertainment” was published in 2016 by Quiddity magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her essay “The Need for a National Writer?” was published by Macedonian literary journal Blesok, and another essay “Time for Rhyme” was published in Summer 2017. She attended the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 2015, and the Napa Valley Writers' Conference in 2014 and 2015. Sonja also writes a non-fiction blog, The Women of Letters, on various subjects such as literary criticism, the arts, and social issues. She holds degrees from Stanford and Columbia Universities, and is also an opera singer.
Almahdi
The conversion was an unlikely story.
For over two decades, Professor Philippe Halston had been the rock star at Rudyard University’s history department who brought in grants, acclaim, students, and visiting lecturers from afar, an expert on the Enlightenment and pre-Industrial Revolution secular European thinking. He lived an immaculate life with an immaculate house and an immaculate career untainted by failure.
For over two decades, Professor Philippe Halston had been the rock star at Rudyard University’s history department who brought in grants, acclaim, students, and visiting lecturers from afar, an expert on the Enlightenment and pre-Industrial Revolution secular European thinking. He lived an immaculate life with an immaculate house and an immaculate career untainted by failure.
Long Short Story
Issue 67, November 2022
The Mathematician’s Daughter
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. She jerks her head up with a start and sees the clock–9:40 a.m. There just might be time! There just might be time if Nancy runs fast enough, time to see John and confess her love for him. She has been working on a proof all night and has fallen asleep at her desk and is late, is late, for a very important date,
Short Story
Issue 37, May 2020