Sessions
Between Silence and Song
James Shea with Shikha Malaviya
i am iamb: Poetry Readings
James Shea, Kazim Ali, Mani Rao, Shikha Malaviya, Suchi Govindarajan anchored by Jeet Thayil
Bio
Shikha Malaviya is a poet, writer, and publisher whose latest book, Anandibai Joshee: A Life in Poems (HarperCollins India), reimagines India’s first female physician’s journey. Her earlier collection, Geography of Tongues, explores immigrant identity and belonging. A TEDx speaker, Mosaic America fellow and co-founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, Shikha splits her time between California and India.