Namrata Poddar

NAMRATA PODDAR writes fiction and nonfiction, serves as Interviews Editor for Kweli where she curates the series on Race, Power, and
Storytelling, and teaches literature as well as creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles. She holds a PhD in French literature
from the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA in fiction from Bennington College, and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Transnational Cultures from UCLA.