If Vauhini Vara were to deliver a eulogy at a funeral, it would be stark, forging mountains of heartbreak with sparing, skeletal words. At the same time, it would be hilarious, peppered with quips so ...

Whenever I come home to San Francisco I go for the same run, through the rose garden into Golden Gate Park, beneath an underpass and past a slew of neon-bright lawns, and, eventually, along the ...

Vauhini Vara’s debut novel “The Immortal King Rao” wove climate change, capitalism, and genetic manipulation into a sweeping family saga. The book is a Pulitzer Prize finalist this year. Her follow-up ...

In the fall of 2020, I received an email with the subject line mentorship program for BIPOC writers. Was I interested in regularly meeting with a promising early-career writer of color over the course ...

The debut by author Vauhini Vara made a number of best-of-2022 lists. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor “I worked on this novel for 13 years, during which I often fantasized about the onscreen ...

Vauhini Vara was not asked the following question, nor did the author provide the accompanying answer. Q: Vauhini, your new book “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” takes an intriguing look at how ...

King Rao in Vauhini Vara's thrilling debut novel, "The Immortal King Rao," is not exactly royalty. But on a coconut plantation in his Indian village of Kothapalli, his prosperous Dalit family raises ...

Collections by Vauhini Vara, Shannon Sanders and LaToya Watkins feature characters caught in the challenges and contradictions of being alive. By Jonathan Escoffery The journalist and author Vauhini ...