AWP Prize winner Parul Kapur offers 'Inside' look on new novel

Parul Kapur, author of the novel "Inside the Mirror" (Courtesy of Vino Wong)

Art mirrors life itself in author Parul Kapur’s latest novel, “Inside the Mirror.” The novel has won Kapur the acclaimed AWP Prize for the novel, and has been longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2024 First Novel Prize, as well as the 2024 New American Voices Award.

The story is set during the years following the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and centers around twins Jaya and Kamlesh, who decide to pursue their passions of art and dance beyond their family’s choices for them. 

“City Lights” host Lois Reitzes sat down with Kapur via the online platform Riverside to discuss the book.