Surya is a writer. Her work can be found in The Letter Review, Majuscule Magazine, Bowdoin Magazine, The Audacity, The Willowherb Review, and Catapult. She is currently an MFA candidate in creative writing at Northwestern University.
Selected Works
︎︎︎“A Mirror, Or Else A Stone” for Majuscule Magazine
︎︎︎ “Embers, or Flames” for The Letter Review (winner of The Letter Review prize for nonfiction)
︎︎︎“Beyond Paradise” for The Willowherb Review
︎︎︎ “The Legacy of Malaga Island and the Limits of Maine’s Progressivism” for Catapult
︎︎︎ “Embers, or Flames” for The Letter Review (winner of The Letter Review prize for nonfiction)
︎︎︎“Beyond Paradise” for The Willowherb Review
︎︎︎ “The Legacy of Malaga Island and the Limits of Maine’s Progressivism” for Catapult
Education
Fall 2021 - Present
Northwestern University
MFA + MA in Creative Writing and English Literature
2015 - 2019
Bowdoin College
B.A. in English Literature
and South Asian Studies,
Arabic Language Concentration
Northwestern University
MFA + MA in Creative Writing and English Literature
2015 - 2019
Bowdoin College
B.A. in English Literature
and South Asian Studies,
Arabic Language Concentration
Editorial
Summer 2022 - Present
Staff Reader, TriQuarterly Magazine
Winter - Summer 2021
North Desk Intern, High Country News
Staff Reader, TriQuarterly Magazine
Winter - Summer 2021
North Desk Intern, High Country News
Teaching
Spring 2023
Instructor of Creative Writing at Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
August 2019 - June 2020
High School Teacher at American School Fes
& American School Language Institute
Fes, Morocco
January 2017 - May 2019
Writing Assistant at the Center for Teaching and Learning
Brunswick, ME
Instructor of Creative Writing at Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
August 2019 - June 2020
High School Teacher at American School Fes
& American School Language Institute
Fes, Morocco
January 2017 - May 2019
Writing Assistant at the Center for Teaching and Learning
Brunswick, ME