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Ellen Kombiyil

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ELLEN KOMBIYIL is the author of Histories of the Future Perfect (2015), and her micro chapbook, Avalanche Tunnel, is forthcoming with Ryga. A fellow at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2013, Kombiyil’s poetry and fiction have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, BOOTH, Spillway, Poemeleon, and Tinderbox, among others. She is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and has read, performed or taught workshops at the annual Prakriti Poetry festival in Chennai, the Raedleaf Poetry Awards in Hyderabad, and Lekhana in Bangalore. She is a co-Founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective. Originally from Syracuse, New York, and a graduate of the University of Chicago, she is a recent transplant from B ...more

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	Come As You Are by E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chen Chen (Contributor), Rosebud Ben-Oni (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture by Adam Lowe (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Steve Redwood (Contributor), Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Histories of the Future Perfect 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	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
	Love as Invasive Species: Poems 4.86 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
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