Alien
Maziar Ghaderi Maziar Ghaderi

Alien

At the low points of the nausea and dizziness, I can almost fool myself into thinking that I have the high under control.

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The Same Way
Maziar Ghaderi Maziar Ghaderi

The Same Way

I wanted to see how micro-dosing psybicilin would affect my writing. A neighbour I met here in Maui offered a concoction of five different mushrooms to send me on my journey. Golden Teacher being the psybicilin, and the rest with other benefits I can’t remember now. Here’s where it took me. Or rather, how.

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Eroded Crutches: Ethnic Pride and Its Discontents
Maziar Ghaderi Maziar Ghaderi

Eroded Crutches: Ethnic Pride and Its Discontents

In 1988, my family fled Iran to seek political asylum in Canada. I was 5 years old. When we arrived, we did what all desperate immigrants from war-torn countries do: we found our ethnic enclave and surrounded ourselves in it as much as possible to help ease the transition.

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