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Writer and Teacher

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Kuhu Joshi is the author of My Body Didn't Come Before Me (Speaking Tiger, 2023), a collection of poems exploring disability/deformity and girlhood, selected by renowned Indian poet Arundhathi Subramaniam as the recipient of a first-book award. Kuhu traces her lineage to the mountains of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, India, and has lived in New Delhi most of her life before migrating to New York.

 

She received her MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College where she was a Jane Cooper Poetry Fellow and completed her thesis under the mentorship of the poet Marie Howe. Her work has been published in POETRY, Four Way Review, Best New Poets, Rattle, Memorious, SWWIM, and other prominent literary magazines. She has received support from the Academy of American Poets, Napa Valley Writers Conference, The Teaching Artist Project, and Vermont Studio Center. Her second poetry manuscript was a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Series. 

 

She has taught at Pace University, Fordham University, LaGuardia Community College, and The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. She holds a Masters in International Economics from The Graduate Institute, Geneva, and has worked as an academic researcher in climate, gender and development economics.

She is also a plant mom, abstract artist, and yogi. She has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis at age 12.

Instagram @kuhus_library

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