Talking with Boys

In a collection of linked tales filled with irony, humor, and magic, Talking with Boys introduces an unforgettable cast of characters in the Pakistani diaspora in Houston navigating crises of their own making and beyond their control.

Via generations and geographies, the stories expand from Houston into tales from the characters’ pasts in Dubai and Lahore. A community of Pakistani immigrants distract ICE with unlikely bait. A housekeeper in a Dubai mansion plots to liberate her fellow indentured workers. In Lahore, an empty nester finds herself bound by more than a jinxed bracelet. Throughout, Tayyba Kanwal’s remarkable characters navigate economic upheavals, political turmoil, and personal betrayals to pursue love, plot for survival, and play subtle power games to triumph against patriarchal forces of all genders.

Author: Tayyba Kanwal
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 01/06/2026
Series: Immigrant Writing
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9781625571793
Language: English