Writer and bookseller based in Crested Butte, CO.
BIO
Arvin Ramgoolam is a father, writer, and co-owner of Townie Books and Rumors Coffee and Tea House with his wife Danica in Crested Butte, CO. He is the 2020 recipient of the Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship from One Story and a MacDowell Fellow in 2022. His work focuses on otherness and place, especially minorities in the American West.
Works in Progress
Arvin is currently at work on a novel reimagining the American West and challenging the architecture of the myth of Western white masculinity. His short stories are meditations on culture through the lens of pop culture, music, art, comic books, and video games.
Short Story @thenormalschool
Flash Story @jellyfishreview
Interview @EricScotTryon
Article in Crested Butte Magazine
Bookseller recs for @wordisdiversity
DIVERSE BOOKS BOOKSELLER RECS
Bookseller recs for @bookriot
Fellowship with @onestorymag
Fellowship with @MacDowell1907
Life
Born in Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Miami Beach, Arvin is a formerly undocumented immigrant who has always been driven by a passion for story.
Growing up in the urban landscapes of south Florida, his journey to the Southwest was also an opportunity to find a fresh canvas to look at the country and his own origin and the shared heritage of the immigrant story.
Today, as a parent and bookstore owner, his fiction is powered by the drive to tell a better story of the West for his children and audiences everywhere.
About
More to come. Thanks for reading.