Aditi Natasha Kini

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Aditi Natasha Kini writes prose, screenplays, and other text objects. Aditi’s words have appeared in The New York Times, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, Denver Quarterly, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and other publications. Aditi is writing their first book, The Killing of a Tiger. "Oriental Cyborg," a chapter from this manuscript, recently won Essay Press's 2021 Chapbook Prize.

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Cover Photo: A photo of a laptop, half-closed, with a hazy pink screen that casts a pink glow over the keyboard.
Writing Advice Isn’t Made for Bodies In Pain

I don’t want to participate in pain’s colonization of myself. I don’t want to write.