2023 – Moni Basu

Baghdad, a decade after the U.S. invasion.

20 years of tears

I flew home from a Boston writing conference this afternoon. The skies were cloudless and blue. Earth looked so serene from 33,000 feet up.

March 20, 2023

Today, on the first day of 2023, I begin a new adventure. My full-time hire date at the University of Georgia was listed as January 1.

January 1, 2023