Shipra Agarwal
@shipraagarwal.bsky.social
(she/her) 🌈
Doctor-turned-Writer from India |
MFA Fiction ASU '27 |
Tin House Summer Scholar '24 | Kenyon Review WW '23 |
Stories in: Witness Magazine, The Rumpus | Nominated for: PEN/Dau, Pushcart |
Working on a novel-in-stories
www.shipraagarwal.com
Doctor-turned-Writer from India |
MFA Fiction ASU '27 |
Tin House Summer Scholar '24 | Kenyon Review WW '23 |
Stories in: Witness Magazine, The Rumpus | Nominated for: PEN/Dau, Pushcart |
Working on a novel-in-stories
www.shipraagarwal.com
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I love delving into random elements of English in my editing work. Today, I've been pondering "ablaut reduplication", a rule that governs the order of vowels in phrases like "sing song", "dilly dally" and "bish bash bosh" - it's always "i", "a", "o"...
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November 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM
I love delving into random elements of English in my editing work. Today, I've been pondering "ablaut reduplication", a rule that governs the order of vowels in phrases like "sing song", "dilly dally" and "bish bash bosh" - it's always "i", "a", "o"...
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anyway I don't believe in failed drafts, you don't call every stroke that carries you to the shore drowning do you
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
anyway I don't believe in failed drafts, you don't call every stroke that carries you to the shore drowning do you
Hayden Casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social is killing itttt! Pre-order his book here: www.splitlippress.com/show-me-wher...
November 21, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Hayden Casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social is killing itttt! Pre-order his book here: www.splitlippress.com/show-me-wher...
What a fine group to be a part of!
Made a starter pack of Identity Theory contributors. It is missing a bunch of people. Let us know if it is missing you.
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM
What a fine group to be a part of!
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Hello followers new and old! 🤩
I am a Literary Fiction writer from Northern Ireland.
You can buy my little book of short stories THE WOODEN HILL online or from your favourite bookshop.
I have a new novel coming out in spring 2026 about an old lighthouse-keeper!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Hill-...
I am a Literary Fiction writer from Northern Ireland.
You can buy my little book of short stories THE WOODEN HILL online or from your favourite bookshop.
I have a new novel coming out in spring 2026 about an old lighthouse-keeper!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Hill-...
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November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Hello followers new and old! 🤩
I am a Literary Fiction writer from Northern Ireland.
You can buy my little book of short stories THE WOODEN HILL online or from your favourite bookshop.
I have a new novel coming out in spring 2026 about an old lighthouse-keeper!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Hill-...
I am a Literary Fiction writer from Northern Ireland.
You can buy my little book of short stories THE WOODEN HILL online or from your favourite bookshop.
I have a new novel coming out in spring 2026 about an old lighthouse-keeper!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Hill-...
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Happy to join you all here after fleeing the uninhabitable Planet X, but if anyone has a direct line to the Bluesky accessibility team, I'd love to offer some feedback on how they could greatly improve the user experience for screen reader users.
November 17, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Happy to join you all here after fleeing the uninhabitable Planet X, but if anyone has a direct line to the Bluesky accessibility team, I'd love to offer some feedback on how they could greatly improve the user experience for screen reader users.
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My short story Sailing paper boats up in JMWW big thanks to @socalwritergirl.bsky.social for giving this a home. Big thanks to @ninaschuyler.bsky.social for helping me edit this jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/f...
Fiction: Sailing Paper Boats by Swetha Amit
During the rainy weather, my slum-dwelling neighborhood friend Aamir and I enjoyed making paper boats and watching them sail on the waterlogged roads—something we had always done since childhood.
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November 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
My short story Sailing paper boats up in JMWW big thanks to @socalwritergirl.bsky.social for giving this a home. Big thanks to @ninaschuyler.bsky.social for helping me edit this jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/f...
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And here it is!
If you're a writer and a person of colour, let me know if you would like to be added to this starter pack (or removed!). 😊
#writersky #writersofcolour #writingcommunity #peopleofcolor #writersofcolor #blackwriters #brownwriters #starterpack #amwriting #bipoc
go.bsky.app/R4NYzKE
If you're a writer and a person of colour, let me know if you would like to be added to this starter pack (or removed!). 😊
#writersky #writersofcolour #writingcommunity #peopleofcolor #writersofcolor #blackwriters #brownwriters #starterpack #amwriting #bipoc
go.bsky.app/R4NYzKE
November 12, 2024 at 1:21 PM
And here it is!
If you're a writer and a person of colour, let me know if you would like to be added to this starter pack (or removed!). 😊
#writersky #writersofcolour #writingcommunity #peopleofcolor #writersofcolor #blackwriters #brownwriters #starterpack #amwriting #bipoc
go.bsky.app/R4NYzKE
If you're a writer and a person of colour, let me know if you would like to be added to this starter pack (or removed!). 😊
#writersky #writersofcolour #writingcommunity #peopleofcolor #writersofcolor #blackwriters #brownwriters #starterpack #amwriting #bipoc
go.bsky.app/R4NYzKE
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
November 17, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
Already loving it here! 💙
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Already loving it here! 💙
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Looking forward to finding everyone again, myself included.
November 15, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Looking forward to finding everyone again, myself included.
Goodbye, Twitter. Hello, Bluesky! 👋🏽
November 16, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Goodbye, Twitter. Hello, Bluesky! 👋🏽