Curious Affinities

Sophie Chauhan is a London-based writer and researcher, born in the UK and raised in Naarm (Melbourne). She is completing a PhD in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies at University College London. Her academic, creative and organising work converge around her interest in anti-capitalist, queer and decolonial approaches to radical coalition-building.Curious Affinities is her first book.

‘A lyrical exploration of the personal and political residues of intimacy … Chauhan offers an unbounded view of life lived relationally.’ — The Skinny‘Precise, sensual and heady, like the burn of skin when someone first touches you.’ — Anahit Behrooz, author of BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendship‘Beautiful, astute and full of love, Curious Affinities is a book brimming with poetic brilliance.’ — Sophie K. Rosa, author of Radical Intimacy‘This book will playfully rearrange every particle of your being … Chauhan worlds and re-worlds with gorgeous, resonating complexity.’ — Pear Nuallak, author of Pearls from Their Mouth