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Diane Mehta

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Diane Mehta is a poet and writer, born in Germany and raised in India and the U.S. She's interested in heritage, faith, serendipity, and reason. Her second poetry collection Tiny Extravaganzas (2023) came out to much acclaim. Her new book Happier Far: Essays is out in March 2025. She writes for the New Yorker, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, A Public Space, Kenyon Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, and American Poetry Review. She was a fellow at Civitella Ranieri and Yaddo, and has been the recipient of a Cafe Royal Foundation award for nonfiction and the Peter Heinegg Foundation award for creative work. She is collaborating with musicians and visual artists and is poet in residence at NYC's New C ...more

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	Forest with Castanets 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiny Extravaganzas 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy Guide to Writing Poetry 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sparknotes Ultimate Style: How to Write Poetry 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happier Far: Essays (Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Literary Review: The Tides by The Literary Review, Kate Brody (Goodreads Author), Molly Jean Reid it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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