Discipline: Literature – fiction

Rishi Reddi

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Cambridge, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2012

Rishi Reddi worked on a historical novel set in the 1910s in Imperial Valley, CA. Her first book of fiction, Karma and Other Stories, won the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in 2008. She is a part-time attorney, practicing environmental law for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a mother.

Studios

Star

Rishi Reddi worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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