Reena Shah (she/ her) is a writer, editor, and teacher. She is the author of the forthcoming novel, Every Happiness (Bloomsbury, 2025). Her work has appeared in The Masters Review, Electric Literature, Waxwing Magazine, Joyland, BBC, and National Geographic, among others. She is also a Senior Fiction Editor at The Rumpus.
Some of my favorite moments and scenes are when characters do something surprising that bends toward humor or something selfless that reaches for connection.