Out now: interview with me about my book Hearing Islam on the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast! Check it out here or wherever you listen to podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/hearing-isla...

Two smiling women, Lauren and Francesca, in front of a poster for the Hearing Islam book talk

It was such a treat to get to talk about Hearing Islam at Oberlin this week, catch up with @fchubbconfer.bsky.social, meet her lovely colleagues, and chat with stellar liberal arts students and musicians! All my favorite kinds of people.

Taking a painful and mystical journey with this buldak cheesy fire chicken ramen, holy shit.

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

So beautiful, all of it!

Oh yay good!!!

Oh yay let's be friends there too! I'll add you now. 😀

Hey any of you folks on @thestorygraph.com app? I've moved over there from Goodreads but I need more friends so I can see what y'all read and like! I'm @laureneo over there too.

Landscape with a heavy ceiling of clouds over it, small stripe of cool blue sky, and snow dusted yellow hills

Ha ha ha. Happy birthday, dude!!!

A landscape of rolling foothills under a bright sun and blue sky

Walla Walla weekend

Picture of a big orange cat in a refrigerator full of food with an open door.

I don't think that goes there.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

Feet on a sidewalk wearing Glitter Mary Janes Crocs, wooly socks, and wide leg jeans

First day of the semester = debut of my new glitter Mary Janes Crocs

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a d...

Finished my first fun read (i.e. not work) of 2025! @lailalalami.com's The Other Americans. Loved it. This was a smart multi-voice novel about racism and Islamophobia in America today, with a dark and contemplative mood, but not slow paced, and with emotionally complex characters.

A high landscape of rolling hills covered in brown vegetation, snowcapped peaks in the distance.

A brown dog looks down a hill into a forest, with a blue sky in the distance.

Weekends in Walla Walla.