About

I'm Kamala Puligandla and I write fiction, essays, and other ditties. My first novel, Zigzags, is out from Not A Cult, my novella, You Can Vibe Me On My FemmePhone, is out from Co-Conspirator Press & I’m currently the Communications & Marketing Director at the Feminist Center for Creative Work.

I earned my fabulous queerdo status at Oberlin College, and received my MFA in Fiction from UC Riverside. I've had the great pleasure of attending workshops and residencies at Community of Writers, VONA, The Vermont Studio Centers, The Home School, This Will Take Time and Kundiman.

I live in Los Angeles, where I also eat, snob, wear elastic-waisted pants, skulk around the farmer's market, attempt to go to the Y, swipe on Tinder, and thrift for flair that makes style pop. I'm from Oakland, CA and have previously lived there, Portland, OR, and Chicago, IL.

My writing is for and about the radical, queer, mixed, black/brown people who continue to show me the great pleasure my life can be, and who inspire my visions of our future.

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