Anita Anburajan
Anita Anburajan is a writer living in New York City. She has been writing in the creative nonfiction genre since 2015. In that time, she has been published multiple times. Her first publication was the most read piece on The Rumpus in 2019 and her second publication was nominated for the 2022 Pushcart Prize by SLICE magazine. Her writing is deeply psychological and explores themes such as skin color, race, immigrant legacies, intergenerational trauma, belief systems, mental health, addiction, and the subconscious. Anita received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Hunter College, and also holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MPA and BA from New York University. She is currently working on a memoir.
Publications
“Her Scars: On My Mother And God,” Slice Magazine, Issue 26: Persistence (2020)
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