MATWAALA
SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA POETS' COLLECTIVE
January |
UNVEILING OF MATWAALA MEHFIL 2025 POSTER & WEBSITE. |
March 27th |
AWP MATWAALA VIRTUAL PANEL – Multiple Registers: Matwaala Poets Assert Democracy in Difference. Mar 27th-30th. Moderated by Pramila Venkateswaran. |
April |
IWWG MATWAALA PANEL. From other to center. Moderated by Usha Akella. Panelists: Kirun Kapur, Meher Manda, Anita Nahal & Sara Garg. |
May |
POEM-A-DAY WITH ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. Facilitated by Usha Akella. |
June / July |
June 4: facilitated by Indran Amirthanayagam-Beltway Cafe, MLK Library, Wash D.C. Supported by Beltway Editions. TBA: SATELLITE READING – Sophia Naz & Shikha Malviya. |
July |
NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE – Moderated by Megha Sood. |
September 21st |
WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE POETRY- Panel led by Pramila Venkateswaran. |
September |
SWWIM - MATWAALA RESIDENCY AND PROGRAM. Facilitated by Kashiana Singh. |
October 4th |
SOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE MATWAALA’S POETRY FILM EXHIBIT AND POETRY RDG. Facilitated by Kashiana Singh and Matwaala Leadership. |
December 13 / 14 |
MATWAALA’S MEHFIL – Big Community Read. Organized by Matwaala Leadership. |
TBA |
PALESTINE POETS. SATELLITE READING WITH BELTWAY POETRY AT MLK LIBRARY - Washington DC with Indran Amirthanayagam - |
August 31 |
AFGHAN/PAKISTANI/BANGLADESH POETS. COLLABORATIVE READING WITH SAPAN and BAITHAK – Anita Nahal and Fauzia Deeba |