Kavita Das writes about culture, race, gender, and their intersections. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Kavita’s work has been published at WIRED, CNN, Teen Vogue, Romper, Catapult, Fast Company, Tin House, Longreads, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Washington Post, Kenyon Review, NBC News Asian America, Guernica, Quartz, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Her first book, Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar (Harper Collins India), was published in June 2019. Kavita’s new book, Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues, which was inspired by the Writing About Social Issues class she created and teaches, will be released in fall 2022. She lives in New York with her husband, toddler, and hound.