Issue 31 Special Edition: Stop Gentrifying the Afterlife
"What is kombucha? And, who hurt you?"
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Issue 31: Special Edition
Do you have more in your inbox than you can read in a day? In this Issue 31 Special Edition, we’ll send you one piece at a time rather than the entire issue all at once. If you’d like to be considered for future publications, scroll down to learn more about KHÔRA’s 500 Words and KHÔRA’s Images.
Today’s exuberance is a piece by Mayur Chauhan, an L.A-based immigrant, writer, actor, and teacher of creativity. Mayur says that he grew up in New Delhi in such a loving family that when he was leaving for the US, all his relatives came to the airport to ensure it was a one-way ticket. Mayur Chauhan is a Key West Literary Seminar and Bread Loaf scholar. Read an excerpt from Mayur Chauhan’s Stop Gentrifying the Afterlife below.
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Stop Gentrifying the Afterlife by Mayur Chauhan
Dearest people of earth,
We, from the afterlife, have a teeny-tiny favor to ask all of you. Can you please stop dying and gentrifying the afterlife?
At first we were like okay a new face, yay, we’d invite you for coffee or fucking. But now everything is so expensive we can’t even afford a cup of coffee.
We have special powers here but we aren’t equipped to deal with you, your purchasing habits or your incessant need to impress others.
What is kombucha? And, who hurt you?
Read Stop Gentrifying the Afterlife.
Swim around in KHÔRA.
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