Anu Mahadev

Poet

Maplewood, NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
amahadev@me.com

Author's Bio

Anu Mahadev is a New Jersey based poet, and a 2016 MFA in Poetry graduate from Drew University. She is the Poetry Editor for the Wild Word, and was prior to this Editor-in-Chief for Jaggery Lit, and a Senior Editor for the Woman Inc. Her latest collection of poetry, A Mouthful of Sky was released in April 2022 by Get Fresh Books LLC. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, and she is a 2023 alumna of the Kenyon Writers’ Workshop. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family, which includes her dog, walks, music, books and mindfulness meditation.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
A mouthful of sky (Get Fresh Books, LLC, 2022)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
POETRY - Meena Alexander, Dilruba Ahmed, Dorianne Laux, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Denise Levertov, Sharon Olds, Naomi Shihab Nye, Linda Pastan, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kim Addonizio, Ada Limon, Carolyn Forche, Warsan Shire, Sylvia Plath. FICTION - V.E. Schwab, Zadie Smith, Nathan Hill, Gabrielle Zevin, Lisa See, Maggie O'Farrell, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ann Patchett, Abraham Verghese, Isabel Allende, Shelby Van Pelt, Bonnie Garmus, Celeste Ng, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Geraldine Brooks, Kristin Hannah, Philippa Gregory, Liane Moriarty, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kate Quinn, Delia Owens, Madeline Miller, Dan Brown, Michelle Moran, Colm Toibin, Alexander McCall Smith, J.K. Rowling, Kate Morton, Indu Sundaresan, Ian McEwan, Khaled Hossaini, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Tracy Chevalier, Agatha Christie.
What I'm reading now: 
Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
Indian American
Prefers to work with: 
Children, Mental Health, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
English, Hindi
Born in: 
Kolkata, WB
India
West Bengal
Raised in: 
Ahmedabad, GJ
India
Gujarat
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Last update: Jan 27, 2024