jeevika

I’m a poet, journalist, and audio producer.

I currently produce the daily news podcast The Journal, which is a co-production of The Wall Street Journal and Spotify.

I also review books and interview poets for several publications, and I’m the poetry editor at Kajal Magazine.

I used to work at NPR — where alongside producing for Morning Edition and Up First, I reviewed books for the culture desk and contributed to poetry coverage.

Originally from India, I graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where I spent months producing long-form works of narrative journalism on the opioid crisis, power struggles within the South Asian diaspora, and the mental health of couples struggling with addiction.

Prior to that, I worked in marketing, public relations, and publishing after graduating from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Creative Writing.

My work has been featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books, BOMB Magazine, NPR, WNYC, Electric Literature, The Adroit Journal, Filter, Ploughshares, Crosscut, The Juggernaut, The Seattle Globalist, and more. I also have poems in SAND Journal, nether Quarterly, Levee Magazine, The Sentinel Quarterly, Ninth Letter, Cleaver Magazine, and others.

I routinely create my own zines and have designed and curated an anthology with 33 contributors.