Preeti Vangani

Preeti Vangani is a poet and writer from Mumbai, living in San Francisco. She is the author of Mother Tongue Apologize (RLFPA Editions, 2019), winner of the RL India Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Poem-a-Day, Threepenny Review, Gulf Coast, and Prairie Schooner, among other places. Her debut short story was awarded the 2022 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize. She holds an MFA from University of San Francisco and currently teaches in their writing program.