Kalpana Negi has a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh and an MFA from the University of Memphis. During her time at the University of Memphis, she taught fiction and read for the literary magazine The Pinch. She has attended the Tin House Workshop, Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Writing in Color Retreat, and the Kettle Pond Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in TriQuarterly, Five Points, EVENT Poetry and Prose, and the University of Memphis Magazine, among other journals. Her work was longlisted for the Wigleaf top 50 in 2023. Kalpana is Senior Editor at The Adroit Journal.