@ninasudhakar.bsky.social
Writer | Poet | Lawyer | Author of WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND (UNT Press, 2024) | Dispatches/Book Reviews Ed @ The Common | she/her | www.ninasudhakar.com
SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in 3 days, WOW! Hope to see you on Sept. 28, 2025 @roscoebooks.bsky.social at 7 pm. Come hear this impressive lineup w/ @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Join us, Chicago! All authors' bios: sundaysalon-chicago.com 😍🌈🍂
26.09.2025 16:50 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A Poetry Reading & Conversation, in collaboration with Matwaala - Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! Nina Sudhakar and Carolene Kurien, September 11, 7:00 p.m. at The Betsy South Beach
SWWIM x Matwaala
A reminder to join us tonight, September 11 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Nina Sudhakar & Carolene Kurien at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram & Facebook pages.
@ninasudhakar.bsky.social @carolenekurien.bsky.social
Image of a myna bird with a blue circle that reads "we were faced with a constellation of ourselves" by Nina Sudhakar
SWWIM x Matwaala
From “The Ancestors Invited Me to a Family Convention” by Nina Sudhakar @ninasudhakar.bsky.social
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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary
SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's next reading happens on Sept. 28 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ an impressive lineup featuring @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Hope you'll join us, Chicago! Pls share. Website updates coming soon: sundaysalon-chicago.com ❤️👏🔥
09.09.2025 16:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Blue flyer that says Welcome! Writers in Residence 2025-2026: Allison Blevins, Taylor Byas, Joan Kwon Glass, Rita Mookerjee, Lisa Rhoades, Nina Sudhakar, Lesley Wheeler, Sunni Wilkinson. Logos at the bottom say SWWIM, The Betsy Hotel, Matwaala, and CreArte.
Flyer that says Save Every Date 2025-2026 Reading Season: Thursday, 9/11/25, at 7:00 PM: SWWIM x Matwaala: Nina Sudhakar & Carolene Kurien Thursday, 10/16/25, at 7:00 PM: Lisa Rhoades & Yael Valencia Aldana Thursday, 11/13/25, at 7:00 PM: Taylor Byas & Rosa Sophia Godshall Thursday, 12/11/25, at 7:00 PM: Lesley Wheeler & Haya Pomrenze Thursday, 1/8/26, at 7:00 PM: Rita Mookerjee & Madison Whatley Thursday, 2/12/26, at 7:00 PM: Allison Blevins with Carolina Hospital, Nicole Hospital-Medina, & Holly Iglesias Thursday, 3/19/26, at 7:00 PM: Sunni Brown Wilkinson & Elizabeth Jacobson Thursday, 4/16/26, at 7:00 PM: Joan Kwon Glass & Clayre Benzadón Logos at the bottom read: SWWIM, The Betsy Hotel, Matwaala, and CreArte
Please join us in welcoming our 2025-2026 Writers in Residence. Save every date for our upcoming reading season!
@taylorbyas.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @joankwonglass.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social
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If you’ll be at #AWP25, hello, I will be, too, on this lovely panel bright & early Thursday and otherwise wandering with copies of my book. Tell me all the things to do & where to say hi to you!
25.03.2025 15:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Truly grateful to South Asia Institute, Shireen Ahmad, Afzal Ahmad, & the fab SAI crew, w/ Brian Keigher for making yesterday's reading event for SALT PRUNING so memorable. And huge thanks to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Faisal Mohyuddin for your great readings! 👏🧡🔥🌈🌺🌏
26.01.2025 17:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
excited to learn my second dispatch from Moscow, Idaho, in @commonmag.bsky.social made their list of most read pieces of 2024! thanks, always, to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social www.thecommononline.org/the-most-rea...
10.01.2025 21:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0PS: Thank you again to everyone who preordered including for your patience!! There were some delays but books should be shipping now or imminently!
10.12.2024 16:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nina wearing a pink button down shirt, smiling, and holding up a copy of her book Where to Carry the Sound
The table of contents page of Where to Carry the Sound with a tiger clip
Just over a year ago, I first heard this book
would eventually exist— & now here are all these stories, for real life, in physical form, proof for an author who can barely believe it. (Launch & other event info coming soon!)
Thrilled about the release of SALT PRUNING, my collaborative poetry collection w/ David Allen Sullivan. Join us for a pre-launch reading at South Asia Institute in Chicago on Sat. 1/25, 3pm w/ two exceptional authors: @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Faisal Mohyuddin. 🥰🌺🌈 Jan. launch info coming soon!
27.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're smack in the middle of our Author Postcard Auction, where you can bid for personalized, handwritten postcards from your favorite authors! Gift it, or get one for yourself! Ann Patchett, Andre Aciman, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, @rumaan.bsky.social & 35 more!
22.11.2024 15:19 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 3
Did your small press book come out this year? Share it here!
Here's mine: SAD GROWNUPS, a collection of 17 stories Booklist called "A powerhouse collection." (amystuber.com/book)
Available bookshop.org/p/books/sad-... or ask your local bookstore or library!
Thank you for prompting this list! Here’s mine: WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND, winner of the 2024 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction— untpress.unt.edu/catalog/sudh...
20.11.2024 14:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A spread of 5 book covers for the following titles: The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir Texas: The Great Theft by Carmen Boullosa
📢 Book Reviewers! Sharing a few titles on my mind at the moment. If you’re interested in reviewing these (or any others!) please get in touch!
19.11.2024 18:59 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
I have a second dispatch from Moscow, Idaho up at The Common, with gratitude to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social 🌾
www.thecommononline.org/dispatch-fro...
