Poets & Writers
Published on Poets & Writers (https://www.pw.org)

Home > Pramila Venkateswaran

Pramila Venkateswaran [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
East Setauket, NY
New York US
Email: 
pramilavenkateswaran@gmail.com
Bio: 

I am the author of We are Not a Museum (Finishing Line, 2022), Singer of Alleppey (Shanti Arts, 2018), Thirtha (Yuganta Press, 2002, Behind Dark Waters (Plain View Press, 2008), Draw Me Inmost (Stockport Flats, 2009), Trace (Finishing Line Press, 2011) and Slow Ripening (Local Gems, 2016). My poems have appeared in many journals and on-line publications in the United States, Canada, and India. I have performed my poems internationally, most recently in the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Mamilla Poetry Festival, and Internacional Festival De Poesie de Granada. My essays have appeared in the Writer's Chronicle, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, The Women’s Studies Quarterly and in anthologies of literature, culture and politics. I was the poet laureate of Suffolk County, Long Island (2013-15).

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Hindi
Twitter/X: 
@alimarp
Born in: 
India
Raised in: 
Setauket
India
RSS feed: 
http://poetrybazaar.blogspot.com [2]
Website: 
https://www.pramilav.com [3]
Prizes won: 

New York Book Festival winner in Poetry category for We are Not a Museum

First Prize, String Poetry Contest

Finalist, Allen Ginsberg Poetry award;

First prizes in Two Review national poetry contest and in String poetry contest.

Prize winner, NaPoWriMo Poetry Contest, Local Gems Press, 2015.

Finnalist, Mid-Island Poetry Contest.

Semi-Finalist, Finishing Line Press Chapbook Contest.

What I'm reading now: 
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Indian American
South Asian
Prefers to work with: 
Any

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/pramila_venkateswaran

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/pramila_venkateswaran [2] http://poetrybazaar.blogspot.com [3] https://www.pramilav.com