Shashank Rao

Who am I?

A question to which everyone (including me) is desperately seeking an answer, but here's a start: 

I'm a recent college graduate looking for opportunities and careers where I can utilize my writing and storytelling skills to craft impactful and enduring narratives. 

I'm always writing. Opinion pieces on pop culture and political life? You bet. Book and film reviews? 100%. Personal essays and listicles about love and relationships? Of course. Short fiction? I won two Avery Hopwood Awards for it. 

I'm always reading (always). Currently reading Luster, by Raven Leilani. 

Published in: Study Breaks Magazine, The RC Review, Xylem, Café Shapiro Anthology (2016-2019)