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Dheepa R. Maturi

The Path of the Monarch

How the emerging genre of “climate fiction” helped me grapple with climate grief

Sep 8, 2022

The Path of the Monarch

Sep 8, 2022

Kolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern America

Jet lag roused me long before daybreak. Waiting for my still-sleeping cousins to awaken and play, I wandered toward the veranda of my…

Mar 26, 2022

Kolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern America

Mar 26, 2022

Two Lifelines: losing my mother, finding my home

“Want me to read your palm?”

Sep 17, 2021

Two Lifelines: losing my mother, finding my home

Sep 17, 2021

Braiding: a Caregiving Detour

I was always hesitant to wake her up. After all, she was a night owl — the kind that stayed awake long past midnight, every day.

Apr 16, 2021

Braiding: a Caregiving Detour

Apr 16, 2021

Coming to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an Illness

I don’t like what I’m hearing over Zoom, so I fiddle uncomfortably with my necklace, twisting it between my thumb and forefinger and…

Apr 16, 2021

Coming to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an Illness

Apr 16, 2021

I Love You to the Moon and Back

Lessons on empathy from a cackling Cambodian guide

Feb 24, 2021

I Love You to the Moon and Back

Feb 24, 2021

Breakage and Beauty

Reconciling America the Terrible with America the Beautiful

Oct 16, 2020

Breakage and Beauty

Oct 16, 2020

Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

When I mention that I’m a poet, some think I’m absorbed in matters mysterious and esoteric. What is poetry for? they ask me. How is it…

Aug 23, 2020

Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

Aug 23, 2020

The Meaning of “Submit”

How I — finally — showed my work to others

Jul 9, 2020

The Meaning of “Submit”

Jul 9, 2020

Honor thy Mother(hood)

After my first child was born, my mother-in-law painstakingly powdered, ground, and bottled five different combinations of herbs, roots…

May 8, 2020

Honor thy Mother(hood)

May 8, 2020

Dheepa R. Maturi

Dheepa R. Maturi

I write to find meaning and humanity in a complicated world. Read my essays, poetry, and stories at www.DheepaRMaturi.com.

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