an anthology of short stories and essays by authors of South Asian heritage in the American South

Editor: Khem Aryal
Coming: July 15, 2023
This anthology of eight short stories and eight narrative essays depicts diverse facets of the South Asian experience in the American South. Some of them relate to the proverbial longing for what the immigrants have left behind, while others spotlight the immigrants’ struggles to reconcile with realities they did not sign up for.

Jenny Bhatt is an author, a literary translator, and a book critic. She teaches creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas. FULL BIO.