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Tishani Doshi

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Tishani Doshi is a Welsh-Indian poet, novelist and dancer. She has published seven books of fiction and poetry, the most recent of which is A God at the Door, shortlisted for the Forward Prize 2021. For fifteen years she worked as a dancer with the Chandralekha group in Chennai. She has written essays for several anthologies, and for journals such as Granta, Orion, Literary Hub, and Open Magazine. She is currently a visiting associate professor at NYU Abu Dhabi and otherwise lives in Tamil Nadu, India. www.tishanidoshi.com