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Read: “Gridlock” and a process note! (Periodicities)
Preeti Vangani is an Indian poet & writer based in San Francisco. She is the author of Mother Tongue Apologize (2019), winner of the RLFPA Poetry Prize. Her work has been published in AGNI, The Georgia Review, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner among several other places. Her debut short story won the 2021 Pen/Dau Emerging Writers Prize. Vangani has been a resident at UCross, Djerassi and Ragdale. She has received artist grants from San Francisco Arts Commission and YBCA through which she facilitates poetry workshops rooted in writing grief through joy. She holds an MFA in Writing from University of San Francisco.
Recommended Reading:
Jejuri by Arun Kolatkar (Bombay poet discussed on episode)
K Ming Chang’s “Auntland” (short story)
Martha Silano’s Terminal Surreal
John Donne’s sonnet “I am a little world made cunningly”
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