Free verse collection celebrates love, longing and the author’s South Asian-American cultural identity.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Poets like Nikita Gill, Lang Leav, R.H. Sine, Rupi Kaur, and Nayyirah Waheed had a deep impact on the young Preeti Kulkarni growing up. Now, she is following in their footsteps with her own book of inspired free verse called Flower Storms on the Riverbank.

Ever since Preeti was little, she was fascinated by two things: why we are the way we are and stories. Every night, she…..