Meet the Readers: Shivani Gupta

Shivani Gupta is a Chicago-based writer, curator & researcher. Her debut chapbooks my mother is a mixed metaphor & Cumuluswere published by Rockwood Press in 2026 and her first full-length collection, Turmeric Dust Stains is forthcoming from dancing girl press. Her work has featured globally across the BBC, Forbes, Edinburgh Fringe, Baby Teeth Journal, Epiphany Magazine, Corpus Callosum & more. She has served as an In-Surreal-Life fellow, the Development Committee Chair for the Chicago Poetry Center & been supported by the Narrative Shifts residency. Find more of her work, send her bread recommendations or become her penpal at shivanigupta.space.

Please join Shivani and our other amazing readers on Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.