Statement: Publisher’s Decision to Pull “Bad and Boujee” Book is “Misguided and Regrettable”
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Reflections on India at 75 — 100 authors, from Perumal Murugan and Geetanjali Shree to Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri, on our future.
Glad to be part of this anthology. Thank you, @PENamerica, for putting this project together.
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100 authors reflect on India at 75 for @PENamerica.
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Poems I wrote sit among many more powerful pieces by writers I have grown up admiring, in this @PENamerica initiative. If you are looking for concentrated hope as an antidote to our times here is the link:
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