@ninasudhakar.bsky.social discusses her Katherine Anne Porter Prize-winning collection WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND (@tamupress.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...

In September 2025, in partnership with Matwaala, SWWIM's reading series at the Betsy-South Beach featured poets @ninasudhakar.bsky.social and @carolenekurien.bsky.social. Here are some photos from that beautiful evening. Keep an eye out for more highlights from our fall reading series!

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SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM by Vidushi Rijuta in the world where men can be machine gun bodies, trigger-ready hands tripping on no safety, peace itself inverted, my body is often hostage situation, my body is often…

Vidushi Rijuta
Unflinching
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Lisa Rua-Ware
Washing in the Cellar
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Nina Sudhakar @ninasudhakar.bsky.social
The Ancestors Invited Me to a Family Convention
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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 😍🌈🍂

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.

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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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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 ❤️👏🔥

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!

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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!

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! 👏🧡🔥🌈🌺🌏

The Most-Read Pieces of 2024 THE COMMON <br> The Common published over 175 stories, essays, poems, interviews, and features online and in print in 2024. Browse a list of the ten most-read pieces of 2024 to get a taste of what lef...

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...

PS: Thank you again to everyone who preordered including for your patience!! There were some delays but books should be shipping now or imminently!

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!

The 2024 Author Postcard Auction is now open! This one-of-a-kind online auction gives book lovers around the world the opportunity to bid on handwritten, personalized postcards from their favorite writers.

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!

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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...

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!

Dispatch from Moscow AFTON MONTGOMERY <br> The forestry scientists said Moscow has some of the unhappiest trees in the world. I remember clearly my friend telling me this, though I don’t remember much about her explanati...

I have a second dispatch from Moscow, Idaho up at The Common, with gratitude to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social 🌾
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