This Is One Way to Dance: Essays (Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Ser.)

This Is One Way to Dance is a powerful debut collection of essays by Sejal Shah that explores themes of identity, culture, language, family, place, and belonging in America.

Through her reflective and meditative writing style, Shah invites readers on a journey of self-discovery and growth, examining how we are all marked by our experiences and the limits of our bodies.

The collection draws on Shah's personal experiences growing up as the daughter of Gujarati immigrants in western New York, and her movement over twenty years from student to teacher.

Shah's writing is both lyrical and poetic, exploring how we are all shaped by culture, gender, and race, and how we can move in such a way that loss does not limit us.

This Is One Way to Dance is a vital new voice in the conversation about race and belonging in America, and will resonate with readers who are interested in exploring their own identities and experiences of place and belonging.