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Asha
Thanki

Asha Thanki is an essayist and fiction writer, Asha’s work has appeared in The Southern Review, Platypus Press’ wildness, The Common, Catapult, Hyphen, and more. She has received support through scholarships and grants from Sewanee Writers Conference, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Speculative Literature Foundation. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota. A Thousand Times Before is her debut novel.

Asha Thanki is an essayist and fiction writer, Asha’s work has appeared in The Southern Review, Platypus Press’ wildness, The Common, Catapult, Hyphen, and more. She has received support through scholarships and grants from Sewanee Writers Conference, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Speculative Literature Foundation. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota. A Thousand Times Before is her debut novel.

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