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Aruni Kashyap

Aruni Kashyap is a writer, translator, and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, Athens. How does he fit his writing into his busy schedule?

‘On a working day, I spend at least four hours on my writing,’ he says. ‘I rise when everyone is asleep and write or edit what I’ve written the day before. I like to see the sunrise and I work with very little light in the room. When it is dawn, I switch off

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