Dr. Sambhu R is a bilingual poet from Kerala. He is employed as Assistant Professor of English at N.S.S. College, Pandalam. Vavval Manushyanum Komaliyum published by Pappathi Pusthakangal in 2019 was his first book of poems in Malayalam. His poems in English have appeared in Wild Court, Bombay Literary Journal, Muse India, Borderless Journal, Setu, Shot Glass Journal, among others.
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