Shamala Gallagher
Shamala Gallagher’s poetry collection, Late Morning When the World Burns, is forthcoming from The Cultural Society. She is a Kundiman fellow and graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, and her work appears in Poetry, Gulf Coast, Black Warrior Review, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. Originally from San Jose, she has worked and volunteered for a decade in homeless services all over the country. She’s now a PhD candidate in Athens, Georgia.
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Failure
If the essay is an attempt, it lives close to failure. It never forgets about the possibility of failure, which is the premise of every attempt. Failure is the air in which the essay hangs, glittering. Failure is the essay’s sustenance. I am Indian American, which means that failure is a type of cultural suicide, […]
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Small Town Dispatches: Shamala Gallagher
Welcome to Small Town Dispatches, a new feature on The Peak that recognizes the efforts of sustaining a writing practice in places with unconventional resources. In this installment, Special Features Editor Nadeen Kharputly interviews Shenandoah contributor Shamala Gallagher about living in Athens, Georgia.