What Is Lost by Surya Milner

Emerging Writer Series

Every two weeks, I will be publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week’s essay is “What is Lost” by Surya Milner. Surya is a writer currently living in Bozeman, Montana. She tweets irregularly @suryamilner.

This essay was edited by Meg Pillow.

My mother’s mother, Lalita, was a kind of shadow woman. Despite her central role in our family’s day-…