Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan is a bilingual Indian-American poet who identifies as a woman of color. Her poetry has been published or forthcoming from a few literary journals including Mukoli: the magazine of peace, The Stillwater Review, The Seraphic Review, Rogue Agent, Red Noise Collective, Humans of the World (third place winner of their Summer Poetry Contest 2023), Lucky Jefferson (poetry contest finalist) and others. She has published five memoirs. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Condenast Traveler, The Guardian, and Gourmet, winning her a James Beard award and Pulitzer Fellowship. She hosts the Bird Podcast.