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Patricia Smith is the author of five acclaimed poetry volumes, most recently Dazzler, one of NPR’s Top Five Books of 2008.

Britta Anderson is a second-year MFA student in Poetry at NYU.

Ali Bujnowski grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has lived in New York for eight years.  Her short fiction has appeared in BOMB Magazine, and she is currently working on a collection of stories.

Sarah Dimick is a second-year MFA student in Poetry at NYU.

Nitin Rai, like his grandfather and father, was born in Sikkim, a Himalayan state in northeast India that is home. His father is Sikkimese of Nepalese origin, and his mother a second-generation Chinese immigrant from Kolkata. He attended The Doon School and Ohio Wesleyan University. Now, he is a Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing, Fiction) candidate at New York University. In summers past, he has taught English to villagers in Sikkim, backpacked Europe, and traversed India by train. Cricket is his athletic mother tongue. He enjoys drinking Darjeeling tea and riding his motorcycle, a Royal Enfield Thunderbird. At present, he is writing a book entitled Girl, Mountain set entirely in Sikkim.

About the Series: NYU Emerging Writers

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the students of the NYU graduate Creative Writing Program, and features established writers as special guests.