Swati Sudarsan

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Swati Sudarsan is a writer from Michigan. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in the Cleveland Review of Books, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Catapult, and more. She is a libra.

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Author’s Note for “Slowest Hunter”

Swati Sudarsan  | 
Issue 75.1 Fall 2025

The story points a magnifying glass at the nightmarish land where someone becomes so famous that they transcend their own talent (which is fallible), their own beauty (which is mutable), and, eventually, their own humanity (which becomes estranged).

Slowest Hunter

Swati Sudarsan  | 
Issue 75.1 Fall 2025

Talia reminds me the Match-Hunt is a chance to start a more authentic life, one far away from the fake glitz of rehearsals, wardrobe fittings, meet-and-greets, and shows.

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Conversations: "Slowest Hunter" by Swati Sudarsan

Blog Editor Chase Isbell interviews Shenandoah contributor Swati Sudarsan about “Slowest Hunter,” a dystopian short story about celebrity culture.