Arvin Ramgoolam is a writer and owner of Townie Books and Rumors Coffee and Tea House in Crested Butte. He is a 2020 One Story Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow and a 2022 MacDowell Fellow. His novel in progress was a runner-up for the 2023 Tennessee Williams Fiction Contest and has been supported by Writing by Writers, The Hemingway House Residency in Ketchum, Idaho, Green Box Arts, and Mesa Refuge. His work has been published in the Asian American Writers Workshop, The Jellyfish Review, and The Normal School.