Preeti Vangani

Preeti Vangani is an Indian poet & writer based in San Francisco. She is the author of the poetry books, Mother Tongue Apologize (2019) and Fifty Mothers (River River Books, Feb 2026). Her work has appeared in AGNI, the Georgia Review, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner among other places. Her debut short story won the 2021 Pen/Dau Emerging Writers Prize. She holds an MFA in Writing from University of San Francisco and teaches in the program.