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Padma Venkatraman

Poet Padma Venkatraman

Padma Venkatraman worked as an oceanographer and diversity director before writing Born Behind Bars (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2021), The Bridge Home (Puffin Books, 2020), and A Time to Dance (Penguin Books, 2015), among others.

Poems by Padma Venkatraman
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