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Shobha Rao
Shobha Rao moved to the United States from India at the age of seven. She is the winner of the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction, awarded by Nimrod International Journal. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story... show more



Shobha Rao moved to the United States from India at the age of seven. She is the winner of the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction, awarded by Nimrod International Journal. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story "Kavitha and Mustafa" was chosen by T.C. Boyle for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories 2015. She lives in San Francisco.

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Shobha Rao's Books
Girls Burn Brighter - Shobha Rao An Unrestored Woman - Shobha Rao Tincture Journal, Issue Two, Winter 2013 - Daniel Young, Meg Henry, Shobha Rao, Sarah Martin, Ben Walter, Todd Sullivan, Phillip A. Ellis, Christian Fennell, Deborah Sheldon, Amanda Hamilton, Roxanne Groebel, Karen Vegar, Rachael Mead, Marnie Hirst, Michael Abolafia, Matt Denniss, Tamara Pratt, Giovanni Zuniga, Z
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A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 7 years ago
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The debut novel of Shobha Rao, 'Girls Burn Brighter' is a revelation. Rao has released a collection of short stories before this and won the Katherine Ann Porter prize and is no novice. This novel was startling, complex, and illuminated a world I'm shamed to have not thought much about. That has cha...
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jbarrett5 book reviews, etc
jbarrett5 book reviews, etc rated it 7 years ago
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Girls burn brighter by Rao_ Shobha Book starts out with a girl that is born and raised in India and her mother dies. The father over time hires another woman to come and tend to the looms.Girl is now sent out to get married-her family paid another. Enjoyed learning of the spices involved and how imp...
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