Letters by Deepa
Deepa PaulPersonal essays drawn from real life, where I question the rules of what it means to be a woman—and attempt to rewrite the script on my own terms.
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Rise of the poly mums
All kinds of mothers exist and deserve to be celebrated. On Mother’s Day, I want to shine a light on a different kind of motherhood: on life as a polyamorous mother.
We may not be the norm, and for some of us it may not be safe to acknowle...
Writing Out Loud #1: Lanzarote
A new audio series that says the quiet parts out loud—for paid subscribers only
Lately I’ve been thinking about these things:
ASK ME HOW IT WORKS: After a beautiful open marriage ends
I get a lot of questions about my publishing journey, non-monogamy, relationships, and in general about my life as an author, polyamorous wife, mother, and more.
I wanted a place where I could marinate on those questions more thoughtfull...
OPEN SECRETS: 'I wrote a polyamory memoir. You've probably never head of me.'
Photo by Wesley Verhoeve. Sampaguita terno harness by Vinta Gallery.
This week’s personal essay comes to you via Open Secrets Magazine, who invited me to write about what it’s like to be the author of a (relatively uncontroversial) polyamo...
I found an old list of things I wanted to do. Most of them came true.
There are two things you should know about me, if you don’t yet.
The first is that like many writers, I am a hoarder of notebooks.
My hoard goes back decades. I keep my hoard in a white cardboard file box that sits at the bottom of my...
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Filipina-Indian in Amsterdam (she/her). Author of ASK ME: A MEMOIR OF DARING TO LOVE DIFFERENTLY (Viking Books UK), longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-fiction. Also mother, wife, lover, explorer, cat hostage and recovering people pleaser.
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