Namrata Poddar

Namrata Poddar is a South Asian American writer of fiction and nonfiction who teaches contemporary American literature in the Honors Program at UCLA. She previously served as Interviews Editor for Kweli from 2017 to 2023. Her debut novel, Border Less (2022), was published by 7.13 Books in North America and follows Dia Mittal, an airline call center agent who travels from Mumbai to the United States. The novel won a Silver Medal at the Independent Publisher Book Awards and was a finalist for the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize. Her essays and fiction have appeared in outlets including Literary Hub, Longreads, The Kenyon Review, and The Millions.