Namrata Verghese

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Namrata Verghese is an undergraduate and Robert W. Woodruff Scholar at Emory University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod International Journal, PRISM international, storySouth, and elsewhere. Her first collection of short stories, Hyphenated, is forthcoming from Speaking Tiger Books in 2019.

  • A half-ripe mango, tipped in pink on top gradating toward green at the bottom

    God’s Intern

    Winter 2019
    Namrata Verghese
    Photo: Bishnu SarangiA girl is forced to reexamine the myths surrounding her aunt when her aunt moves in with the family in Texas after leaving her husband in India. Is she more goddess, more witc…
  • A purple flower against a black background, sitting on reflective surface so it appears there are two flowers

    Two Poems

    Winter 2019
    Namrata Verghese
    Photo: Foto-Rabe/Pixabay  Guide to Bharatanatyam  Your smile, shredded into silver shards across panes of mirrors lining studio walls.Tuck your sari, tight. Open your eyes, wide.  You learn…