Fine Arts Works Center fellow and UMass MFA/PhD graduate Shastri Akella is represented by Chris Clemans (Janklow & Nesbit). His debut novel, The Sea Elephants will be published by Flatiron Books in 2023. His writing may be found in Guernica, The Masters Review, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, World Literature Today, and elsewhere.
Shastri Akella
Articles
“Inside the Snake is the Safest Place to Be”: Nation, Identity, and the Impossibility of Going Back in Sabina Murray’s The Human Zoo
Shastri Akella considers the utility and limits of metonymy in Sabina Murray’s "The Human Zoo."
Technology and Monstrous Children in Alex McElroy’s Daddy Issues
Shastri Akella reviews Alex McElroy's collection "Daddy Issues."
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