Bio & Contact

BIO

My first name is pronounced like the Spanish Raúl but with an “h” in the middle: Ra-HOOL. My preferred pronouns are they/them.

My debut poetry collection, Feeding the Ghosts, is forthcoming from the University Press of Kentucky in March 2024. I am the author two books of fiction: No Other World: A Novel (Harper, 2017) and Quarantine: Stories (HarperPerennial, 2011; Random House India, 2010). My work has receives a Lambda Literary Award and the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction and has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including the Kenyon Review, the Georgia Review, the Massachusetts Review, the Sun, New Stories from the South, the New York Times Magazine, and the International Herald Tribune. In 2011, I was selected by Out magazine for its “Out 100” list of inspiring individuals. Born and raised in a Gujarati- American household in West Virginia, I currently live in Philadelphia with my partner and our dog, and I teach creative writing at the University of the Arts.

CONTACT

I am available for readings and speaking engagements. I also do manuscript consultations. Do you have a book group? I’m happy to visit in person (in the greater Philadelphia area) or via Zoom. I love hearing from readers. You can contact me using the form below.

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