SUMMARY

I write about ways our shifting perceptions alter our layered identities. I examine how we connect: individually, in society, with nature and place. I use creative nonfiction, prose, and poetry as tools to weave immersive narratives at the crossroads of science, history, and philosophy.

For inquiries, please email agupta@bespoketraveler.com.

I have been a contributing writer to Pink Pangea, Rebelle Society, TopTourist and Your Life Is A Trip.

PUBLICATIONS

Fiction

• Dirty Skin, Shooter Lit Magazine, Identity Issue, August 12, 2019
• Certain Expectations, Writing Quarter Competition May 2019 Winner, June 25, 2019
• Other Side of Paradise, Still Points Arts Quarterly, Spring 2019 Garden Issue, March 5, 2019
• Cooking the Past, Rigorous Magazine, January 25, 2018

Nonfiction and Creative Nonfiction

• Listening to the Redwoods, Top Tourist, December 6, 2019
• At the Temple of Expectations, Top Tourist, August 19, 2019
• Seeking Serenity, Sunlight Press, Tech Talk, October 22, 2018
• To Catalina, Letters Never Meant to be Read, Volume III published by Rusty Wheels Media LLC, November 12, 2018
• Very, Very Short Mother’s Day Stories, Your Life Is A Trip, May 8, 2018
• Painting Legends, Still Points Arts Quarterly, Winter 2017 Issue, December 1, 2017
• Midnight Snack in Beijing, Main Street Rag, Burgers & Barrooms Anthology, November 14, 2017
• Finding Community in Beijing, Pink Pangea, December 2016
• Where is Home, A Collection of Very Very Short Stories, Your Life Is A Trip, December 6, 2016
• Written in Stone, Your Life Is A Trip, April 12, 2016
• Spring Desideratum, Vagabond City, Issue #8, April 1, 2016
• The Floating Village at Tonlé Sap, The Cultureist, March 21, 2016
• Chasing Imperfections in Barcelona, Hayo Magazine, March 7, 2016
• Searching for the Real Life Bengal Tiger, Pink Pangea, October 2015
• Transcending the Pacific Coast Highway, Pink Pangea, September 2015
• Of Rice and Risotto, Freshly Pressed by WordPress, September 23, 2015
• The Joyful Sound of Silence, Rebelle Society, February 16, 2015
• Feeling At Home, Pink Pangea, January 21, 2015
• Taking Death Valley, Freshly Pressed by WordPress, January 5, 2015
• Discovering Machu Picchu: In the Footsteps of Hiram Bingham, Pink Pangea, August 2014
• My Mission in Marseille, Your Life Is A Trip, May 15, 2014
• My Own Private Affordable Island, Rebelle Society, April 25, 2014
• Road Trip: My Way Back To Me, Rebelle Society, November 29, 2013
• Embracing Failure in Endless Surf, Rebelle Society, September 19, 2013
• Self Discovery, Kerouac Style, Elephant Journal, May 14, 2013
• A Safari Tale in South Africa, International Travel Writer’s Alliance, November 19, 2012
• Graduating with Honors, Travel Blog Exchange, October 26, 2012
• The London Twosome: Wenlock and Mandeville, OneTravel, July 28, 2012

Photography

• Ties that Cement Suzhou, Shanghai Literary Review, Issue #2, December 22, 2017

Poetry

• Notes on Excavation, Arc Poetry Magazine, Issue #90, Labour & Livelihood, October 24, 2019
• Onomastic, The First Line, Volume 21 Issue 2, published by Blue Cubicle Press, July 1, 2019
• Yo Soy Mexico City, Verity La, July 26, 2019
• Written in Stone, Parks & Poetry, April 8, 2019