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Original Poetry Collection by Simran Singh Jain

Simran Singh Jain is a queer South Asian activist and poet currently living in Syracuse, New York. She has been in the fields of Reproductive Justice and anti-racist activism for several years, including currently working in anti-incarceration. She is an emerging poet and has been published by the Academy of American Poets' and the Pennsylvania Bards Southeast Poetry Review. She is also the editor of a book of poetry translations, originally written by her Dadiji (grandmother), Sunita Jain.

poetryTania ChatterjeeJuly 24, 2020poetry, immigration, women, family, queer, LGBTQComment

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