{"id":21551,"date":"2026-02-16T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=21551"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:31:23","slug":"senna-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/senna-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Senna Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Senna Ahmad is a Toronto-based writer whose short stories and non-fiction has been published in many literary magazines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Age of Calamities: Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Henry Holt and Co., 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending the reader on a thrilling ride. In \u201cLet\u2019s Play Dead,\u201d Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn gone, but there\u2019s a tiny problem\u2014she keeps coming back to life no matter what he does. \u201cChoose Your Own Apocalypse\u201d hurls readers back to 1945, where they assume the role of a technician for the Manhattan Project, confronted with labyrinthine paths and harrowing outcomes. And \u201cInside the House of the Historian\u201d invites us to a dinner party turned murder mystery full of figures like Nefertiti, Queen Victoria, John Adams, and Marilyn Monroe. These stories and others entice readers to confront the past, the present, and themselves all at once. Zany and haunting, inviting and brilliant, each poignant tale delves into the surreal and tragicomic nature of the present through the lens of yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Age of Calamities<\/em> is an evocation of life and death on history\u2019s unsteady margins, of how to reckon with the blunt-force trauma of ill-fated times. Fiercely clever and wildly inventive, this debut establishes Senaa Ahmad as a literary force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Senaa Ahmad personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Henry Holt and Co.<\/a>, an imprint of Macmillan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senna Ahmad is a Toronto-based writer whose short stories and non-fiction has been published in many literary magazines. Fiction The Age of Calamities: Stories Henry Holt and Co., 2026. Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website) In this bold debut collection, Senaa … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21555,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21551\/revisions\/21555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}