Sameer Pandya

Sameer Pandya is the author of the story collection The Blind Writer, which was longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award. He is also the recipient of the PEN/Civitella Fellowship. His fiction, commentary, and cultural criticism has appeared in a range of publications, including the Atlantic, Salon, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and Narrative Magazine. He teaches creative writing and South Asian and Asian American literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Members Only is his first novel.

Writing My Own “Indian-American Novel” Meant Looking to California

Sameer Pandya on the Virtues of a Late Start

July 7, 2020 By Sameer Pandya

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Sameer Pandya

Writing My Own “Indian-American Novel” Meant Looking to California

Sameer Pandya on the Virtues of a Late Start

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