- 1996 American Book Award (Arranged Marriage)[20]
- 1996 PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award (Arranged Marriage)[10]
- Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award (Arranged Marriage)[10]
- 1997 Pushcart Prize (Leaving Yuba City: New and Selected Poems)[21]
- 2003 Pushcart Prize (The Lives of Strangers)[21]
- 2007 Distinguished Writer Award from the South Asian Literary Association[21]
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