Author of BORDER LESS | Faculty at UCLA | Essays/nonfiction at Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, LA Times, etc.
Interests include Decolonial —> storytelling, parenting, yoga, healing. Desi everything.
Writing 2nd book. Intermittently here.
Namrata Poddar 🧿🌀
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#ImmigrantHeritageMonth is every day but FEW 📚 in honor of June & a consciousness I love--chiseled by bordercrossing, translation, crosscultural agility & awareness that one’s pov is hardly ever the default pov. Includes: Books by migrant peers; those that directly influenced BL; pertinent essays.
RIP, Marjane Satrapi. 🤎💔
Thinking of my beloved mama oceans away, and badass mother figures scattered across the planet. And here with my biggest love and another local one—mothering, getting mothered by this ancient, resplendent, ever-flowing parent. 💗
Mother’s Day greetings to all refusing the propaganda/convenience that care work should be invisible 364 days a year and sentimentalized on the 365th.
And big love to all who find today hard. ❤️🩹
As empires shift, or multiply forms —
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As I often tell my students: craft is crucial, thinking critically is crucial, a love of reading is crucial. Yet the above while necessary won’t be sufficient today. & yes, there’s an organic path w all things considered extra, administrative, icky!
Join me @pw.org 👇🏾 🔗
www.pw.org/content/work... 🙏🏽
I’ll always love fiction altho after giving it most of my life as writer+educator, deep these days into nonfiction—the memoir (with my WIP), theory obvi ;) & newer 📚 for questions nagging me. From my desk today cuz everyday is #AANHPIheritagemonth. Also, AsAm friendships blooming in real time. 🧿🩵
Happy #AANHPIHeritageMonth to all celebrating. 🤎
And solidarity hugs to caregivers everywhere — because mother is a verb.
If you’re looking for a book recommendation for either occasion, here’s one ;), alongside a glimpse into the vast lineage of #motherwriters to which I’m proud to belong.
Honored to see “Border Less” featured here, in excellent company. Thank you @debutiful.bsky.social and @rachellayown.bsky.social for spotlighting polyphonic stories that take risks with form and voice. 🙏🏽🤎
For more on each 📕, visit:
debutiful.net/2026/05/18/t...
(Images reposted from @debutiful )
