Keeping Quiet is a combination of the anthropologistamprsquos keen eye and the language of a storyteller In Keeping Quiet Pampaacuteramo has collected essays addressing what it is like to live in a world of silence or the absence thereof This collection covers a wide range of angles and experiences from an exploration of IBMamprsquos anechoic chamberampmdashthe worldamprsquos quietest placeampmdash to stories of incest marriage sexual harassment social justice and firstperson accounts of life in the emirate of Qatar Pampaacuteramo crosses the borders between art Mozart Monet Beethoven Sheila Chandra Neruda and yoga between research and drunkenness between despair and triumph weaving the intimate and personal with what is upsetting in womenamprsquos health industry In ampldquoBelated Comebacksamprdquo Pampaacuteramo is full of righteous anger in ampldquoTeaching Mom Long Divisionamprdquo she explores the oceanic depths of longing in ampldquoWriters of Coloramprdquo she examines the complexities of being brown and speaking accented English in ampldquoThree Womenamprdquo she exposes the social underbelly of Qatar during the pandemic then mixes it all with personal reckonings
