Mani RAO

2005 Resident

2009 Resident

Asia
Eastern Asia

Asia
Southern Asia

Asia
Eastern Asia
Hong Kong

Asia
Southern Asia
India

Asia

Chinese

Hindi

Mani RAO is the author of seven books of poetry. Her essays and poems have appeared in Tinfish, Wasafiri, West Coast Line, 91st Meridian, Fulcrum, Zoland Poetry and many anthologies, with translations published in seven languages. Rao is currently completing a poetic translation of the Bhagavad Gītā from Sanskrit.

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Raoul DeJong, in Jake Goldwasser’s translation, on the literary politics of Surinamese Netherlands, in the most recent issue of Words Without Borders.
The Spring 2024 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review features writing by Kwame Dawes and Géhanne-Amira Khalfallah.
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