Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes Valley Press with new reflections on their

with new reflections on their writing

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Her two most characteristic features

Blending humour with insight

Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes Valley Press with new reflections on theirPublished 2nd July 2026 Across the nine interlinked sections of her debut collection, Maithreyi Hughes explores what it means to be vulnerable and curious in the wilderness of civilisation. Here, politics becomes an instinctive expression of morality; animals are fellow travellers; travel a form of detachment rather than escape. Myth and irony share a lens; belonging folds into longing. In 'Borrowed Cardigan', Hughes reflects on her time as a literary