Summary

In “Islamophobic Misreadings: Some Queens Definitions,” Rajiv defines the terms “Islamophobia” and “Misreading” (202). He then presents numerous examples of Islamophobic Misreadings he experienced while living in Queens.

In “American Guyanese Diwali,” Rajiv writes a prose poem about trying “To feel home” in new places (212).

In “Aji Recording: Love Beat Handsome,” Rajiv records Aji recounting her happiest memories.

In “Sangam / Confluence,” Rajiv rediscovered his “love for Bollywood” while living in Queens (217). He remembered watching “the 1964 film Sangam” with Aji (217). The main characters, “both men—seemed as though they wanted their brown bodies to meet” (217). Although he did not understand “how this love could work” as a child, he recognized the characters’ desire (217).

Living in Jackson Heights, Rajiv felt “comfortable in [his] brown skin” (219). Although he had been told “Guyanese...