Serena Alagappan is the author of the chapbook, Sensitive to Temperature. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, POETRY, and elsewhere. A Rhodes Scholar and senior editor at Poets & Writers Magazine, she lives in New York City.
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"Serena Alagappan understands that to reach for a word in someone else's tongue is to reach for the person, and that what we conceal in one language we sometimes confess by accident in another. Tender Grammars is a beautiful study of what love sounds like at the edge of fluency."--Aaron Robertson, author of, The Black Utopians "Serena Alagappan has a brilliant, kaleidoscopic mind, one this book makes legible. She blends poetry, reporting and linguistics in a way few could. Her sensitive storytelling enlarged me--inviting me to practice a richer compassion. This book, and her wisdom, will enlarge you as well."--Lauren Jackson, deputy editorial director and host of Believing at the, The New York Times