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Pramila Venkateswaran grew up in Bombay and has lived in the U.S. for the past forty years. She is the author of several collections of poems, including The Singer of Alleppey (2018), Thirtha (2002), Draw Me Inmost (2010), and Trace (2011). Her work explores the lives of women, South Asian imagination, and exile.

In The Photographer at Sixteen Szirtes looks for evidence of hope, for memories, and for a coherent story in countries, languages, and places that feel like half opened doors, allowing only glimpses into his mother's life.