DIASPORA
THE CREATIVE FORM AS A SITE OF NEGOTIATION IN LITERARY CRAFT
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Kunal Sen
(He/him)
Kunal grew up in Calcutta, studying Physics and Computer Science, and then moved to Chicago to complete his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. He worked as a scientist, teacher, textbook author, and served as the Chief Information Officer for Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster. He creates visual art from his Chicago studio and writes.
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Website: preetiparikh.com
Poet, essayist, and interdisciplinary writer Preeti Parikh is the author of Blue Selvage, named by Debutiful as a Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2026 and forthcoming from Tupelo Press in November. A Kundiman Fellow, National Poetry Series Finalist, and recipient of grant awards from Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, Preeti has a past educational background in medicine and holds a recent MFA from The Rainier Writing Workshop.
Preeti Parikh
(She/her)
Website: ninasudhakar.com
Nina Sudhakar is a writer, poet, and lawyer based in Chicago. She is the author of Where to Carry the Sound (winner of the 2024 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction and a 2024 Foreword INDIES Award) and two poetry chapbooks, Matriarchetypes and Embodiments.