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Pooja Makhijani

Pooja Makhijani is the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America and the author of Mama’s Saris. She has written for The New York Times, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post, among others.

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How Has Intersectional Feminism Changed in the Past 18 Years?

Aug 16 - Pooja Makhijani
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Finally, a “Road Trip Across India” Novel That’s Not About White Men

Jun 3 - Pooja Makhijani

“Dear Scarlet” Is a Graphical Memoir of Postpartum Depression

Apr 16 - Pooja Makhijani

The New Voices of South Asian Young Adult Literature

Apr 10 - Pooja Makhijani

Nidhi Chanani’s Graphic Novel ‘Pashmina’ Is Part of an Important New Genre

Oct 11 - Pooja Makhijani

13 Tennis Books That Weren’t Written by David Foster Wallace

Aug 28 - Pooja Makhijani

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