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Nina Sharma

Nina Sharma
Nina Sharma’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Electric Literature, Longreads, and The Margins. A graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University, she served as the programs director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and currently teaches at Columbia and Barnard College. She is a proud cofounder of the all–South Asian women’s improv group Not Your Biwi.


More Than Just Hair: Thinking About Shiva’s Dreadlocks and Black Bodily Integrity

Nina Sharma Navigates Anti-Blackness Within Her Indian-American Family
May 6, 2024  By Nina Sharma
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