Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes Valley Press perfect for students of literature

perfect for students of literature and creative writing

Blending humour with insight

How do you maintain a public profile if performance isn’t for you

through to tender meditations on fatherhood and family

with new reflections on their writing

Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes Valley Press perfect for students of literaturePublished 2nd July 2026 Across the nine interlinked sections of her debut collection, Maithreyi Hughes explores what it means to be vulnerable and curious in the wilderness of civilisation. Here, politics becomes an instinctive expression of morality; animals are fellow travellers; travel a form of detachment rather than escape. Myth and irony share a lens; belonging folds into longing. In 'Borrowed Cardigan', Hughes reflects on her time as a literary