Amit Majmudar served as Ohio’s first poet laureate and works as a diagnostic radiologist in Westerville, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and three children. His most recent books to be published in the United States are Black Avatar: and Other Essays (Acre Books, 2023) and Twin A: A Memoir (Slant Books, 2023). In addition, Penguin India published The Book of Vows, the first of three volumes in a Mahabharata retelling, as well as an original mythological story cycle, The Later Adventures of Hanuman (2023). Twitter: @AmitMajmudar