[04/07/26] Patel, Soham: The Daughter Industry

Nightboat Books, paperback

Publication Date: April 7, 2026

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A genre-defying blend of poetry, performance, and political awakening that confronts the transnational crisis of sex-selective elimination.

In a prismatic meditation on survival, Patel assembles a chorus of seven voices to sing songs of resistance and queer desire. Patel transforms medical language, pop culture fragments, and dream sequences into an unflinching examination of what it means to exist in a world that doesn't want you. From yoga halls to ultrasound clinics, from Bollywood dance routines to ghost stories, Patel maps the daughter industry with her signature wit, prosody, and clear-sighted documentation of erased histories.