Preeti Vangani is a poet & writer from Bombay based in San Francisco. She is the author of the poetry collections,
Mother Tongue Apologize (2019), and
Fifty Mothers, (River River Books, 2026). Her work has appeared in
AGNI,
The Georgia Review,
Gulf Coast, and
Prairie Schooner, among other places. Her debut short story won the 2021 Pen/Dau Emerging Writers Prize. Vangani has been a resident at UCross, Djerassi and Ragdale. She has received artist grants from San Francisco Arts Commission and YBCA, and is a 2026-27 Steinbeck fellow. She holds an MFA in...
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