Arushee Bhoja

is a queer Indian-American poet from California. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appears or is forthcoming in Shenandoah, fourteen poems, Dialogist, Stone Circle Review, and elsewhere. They live in Massachusetts with their partner and two cats, Frog and Toad.

Poetry

“MY FIRST INDIAN LESBIAN”
Shenandoah (forthcoming)“Bleecker Street”
like a field (forthcoming)“At the Sunnyvale Saravanaa Bhavan”
Outskirts“Lesbians in their early years”
fourteen poems (print)“On the Living Room Floor, My Mother Tries to Forgive Me”
Stone Circle Review (nominated for the Pushcart Prize)“Self-Portrait as Lesbian Artifact”
Dialogist“I Sense My Spinosaurus Lover Has Been Found and Suddenly I Remember Everything”
BRAWL Lit“Passage”
Dishsoap Quarterly

Zines

Photographs of two zines. The first has a pink cover and is titled, "Lesbian Storytelling From Past to Present: a history of lesbian fiction and poetry." The second, smaller zine has a white cover and is titled "Writing Family: prompts."

Sold at Watertown Zine Fest 2025. Feel free to reach out for a copy of these zines! :)

Contact

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