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Her stori, says and ics have appeared The New York Tim, Vox, TIME, The Nib, Black Warrr Review, Amerin Short Fictn and elsewhere.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="ntent-person"><div class="ontend-rear2-ProfileAndPublitnHoverCard-module__rd--J_wFE"><div class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Box-module__display-flex--ZqeZt ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-directn-lumn--Rq7pk ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-gap-16--TpblU ontend-pencraft-Box-module__paddg-8--wF5Sz"><div class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Box-module__display-flex--ZqeZt ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-jtify-space-between--NvIcg"><a href="><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset=" /><img src=" siz="100vw" alt style="width: 64px; height: 64px;" width="128" height="128" class="ontend-ponents-rponsive_img-module__img--Pgjj2 ontend-rear2-Avatar-module__avatar--nE_uY" /></picture></a></div><div class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Box-module__display-flex--ZqeZt ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-directn-lumn--Rq7pk ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-gap-6--lHgtr"><a style="text-ratn: none;" href="><h3 class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Text-module__size-20--rvGME ontend-pencraft-Text-module__le-height-24--lgb2s ontend-pencraft-Text-module__weight-bold--Ps9DB ontend-pencraft-Text-module__font-display--KlbfE ontend-pencraft-Text-module__lor-pub-primary-text--RzL7j ontend-pencraft-Text-module__ret--dW0zZ ontend-rear2-ProfileAndPublitnHoverCard-module__hoverCardTle--l2ryd">Uma Dwivedi</h3></a><div class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Text-module__size-16--fFowu ontend-pencraft-Text-module__le-height-24--lgb2s ontend-pencraft-Text-module__weight-normal--s54Wf ontend-pencraft-Text-module__font-text--QmNJR ontend-pencraft-Text-module__lor-pub-sendary-text--OzRTa ontend-pencraft-Text-module__clamp--a1dYM ontend-pencraft-Text-module__clamp-4--UtLMJ ontend-pencraft-Text-module__ret--dW0zZ ontend-pencraft-Text-module__body3--xcwfZ">Uma Dwivedi is a Yale stunt om Seattle. 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