Arvin Ramgoolam is the co-owner of Townie Books and Rumors Coffee and Tea House in Crested Butte, Colorado. He is a 2020 One Story Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow, a 2022 MacDowell Fellow, and the co-founder of the Mountain Words Literary Festival. His novel-in-progress has been supported by Green Box Arts, Writing by Writers, and the Hemingway House Residency in Ketchum, Idaho.

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