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Amitava Kumar

‘In more ways than one, the rituals of death had reminded me that I was an outsider.’

Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist who has published several works of non-fiction and four novels. His most recent title is My Beloved Life. Kumar’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s, Guernica, the Nation and several other publications. A past Guggenheim Fellow, he is currently a Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library.

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