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Building and Building: Talking with Patricia Spears Jones

September 2nd, 2020

Patricia Spears Jones discusses her body of work, the future of poetry, and more.

Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a practicing physician, writer and PEN American award finalist for her debut short story collection White Dancing Elephants. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Tin House, Electric Literature, The Millions, Joyland, Large Hearted Boy, Chattahoochee Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Awl, jellyfish review, aaduna and elsewhere, with poetry in Cutthroat, sidereal, Natural Bridge, apt magazine, Hobart, Ithaca Lit, Quiddity and elsewhere. Her work was recently selected for inclusion in Best Small Fictions. Her poetry and prose juxtapose Hindu epics, other myths and histories, and the survival of sexual harassment and racialized sexual violence by diverse women of color. Follow her on Twitter @chayab77 or chayabhuvaneswar.com.