Poets & Writers

The Aha! Moment

WHEN Neel Pat el first imagined the published version of his debut story collection, If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi, he pictured a cover designed to look like a traditional Indian wedding invitation, complete with swirling lettering and elaborate Hindu iconography.

Patel passed along his suggestion for the cover design to Caroline Bleeke,

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