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Indian American poet and essayist who chairs the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Miami. Author of 'English as a Second Language and Other Poems,' winner of the 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and the essay collection 'Of Color.'
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Browse all →The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 heavily favored high-skilled STEM fields, establishing intense cultural pressure on early South Asian generations to stick exclusively to medicine and engineering.
Entering creative, media, and artistic fields represents a profound modern shift away from rigid post-1965 professional expectations.
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