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Rahul Mehta’s debut poetry collection, Feeding the Ghosts, explores the solace to be found in the everyday beauty sometimes overshadowed by larger calamity, as well as the author’s identities, relationships, and culture. Also the author of the novel No Other World and the short story collection Quarantine, Mehta has contributed work to an array of publications, including the Kenyon Review, The Sun, the Massachusetts Review, and the New York Times Magazine. A creative writing teacher at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and named to Out magazine’s 2011 “Out 100” list of inspiring individuals, they have earned a Lambda Literary Award and an Asian American Literary Award.
Recorded March 26, 2024
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Rahul Mehta’s debut poetry collection, Feeding the Ghosts, explores the solace to be found in the everyday beauty sometimes overshadowed by larger calamity, as well as the author’s identities, relationships, and culture. Also the author of the novel No Other World and the short story collection Quarantine, Mehta has contributed work to an array of publications, including the Kenyon Review, The Sun, the Massachusetts Review, and the New York Times Magazine. A creative writing teacher at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and named to Out magazine’s 2011 “Out 100” list of inspiring individuals, they have earned a Lambda Literary Award and an Asian American Literary Award.
Recorded March 26, 2024
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Podcast Archive: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/authorevents/podcast
The views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees.
