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HONK: A Kolkata Almanac

Liesl Schwabe

Dispatches on reading, writing, and trying to cross the street in Kolkata, India.

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  • Liesl Schwabe

    Liesl Schwabe is a writer, educator, and two-time Fubright-Nehru scholar. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, LitHub, and elsewhere.

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