Pramila Venkateswaran

Poet

East Setauket, NY
New York US
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Author's 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).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
We are Not a Museum (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
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(en)compass (Yuganta Press, 2004)
Books:
Thirteen Days to Let Go (Aldrich Press, 2015)
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Draw Me Inmost (Stockport Flats Press, 2009)
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Behind Dark Waters (Plain View Press, 2008)
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Thirtha (Yuganta Press, 2002)
Chapbooks:
Slow Ripening (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2016)
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Trace (Finishing Line Press, 2011)
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.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist, Indian American, South Asian
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Hindi
Born in: 
India
Raised in: 
Setauket
India
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Last update: Apr 22, 2024