Linda Ashok

Kolkata

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Author's Bio

I am the- i) founder of RL Poetry Awards (since 2012), ii) publisher of RLFPA Editions, iii) founding editor of Best Indian Poetry series (since 2018), & iv) author of 'whorelight,' Hawakal Publishers 2017

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won:

2017 Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship for 3-month poetry-residency at the University of Chichester, West Sussex

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

RLFPA EDITIONS

PERSONAL WEBSITE

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Kolkata, India

Raised in:

Kolkata, India

work_excerpt:

Becoming A Rice Pot As appeared in "The Common." She held the rice pot too close to her bosom each time she had to take a cup of it. Once she would take as much, she would keep back a fistful. She never wanted the rice pot to be empty. Keeping back, she told me years later, is restraint. When you make a good home, remember, holding back a little every time will save you the magic. When he called me last summer, I wanted to hold back a little of myself, but a sudden gust of Kalbaisakhi changed the conversation.

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Last updated: Jan 30, 2020