2021 Projects

Sync Poetry Matwaala Youth
Sync Poetry, Matwaala’s Youth platform hosted by Sara Garg and Diya Kanduri. Click on button below to
read about Matwaala’s wonderful work with its youth directors.

Delhi University Collaboration
Building a diaspora poetry collection at Delhi University’s English department.

2021-23: Poets of Color Series 

2021: Matwaala Zoom event. Funded by Poets & Writers

1. African American panel of poets.
April 22: Dorothy Randall Gray, Anastasia Tomkin, Cynthia Manick, Marsha Nelson, Loretta Diane Walker. 
Cultural Segment: Slide show of photos Little Rock Central High School Historic Site.

2. Mexican panel of poets.
July 8: María Baranda, Ana Belen, Mariana Bernárdez, Fernando Carrera, Elsa Cross, Manuel Iris, Luis Armenta-Malpica, Jorge Ortega, Natalia Toledo.
Introduction by Jorge Ortega.

2022: Matwaala Zoom event. Funded by Poets & Writers
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1. Native American panel of poets.
March 3: Lyla June, Lucille Long Day, Andrina Smith.
Cultural Segment: Art by Jeremy Dennis.

2. Caribbean panel of poets.
July 8: Marianela Medrano, Danielle Legros Georges, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Bessy Reyna.

2023: Poets of color series continuum. Matwaala Zoom event. Funded by Poets & Writers

1. Asian American panel of poets.
September 28: Deedle Tomlinson (Philippines), Miho Nonaka (Japan), Sun Young Shin (Korea), Joshua Nguyen (Vietnam), Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (China) and Bryan Thao Worra (Laos).

2. Dalit poets.
December 2: Sukirtharani, Arangamallika, Gopika Jadeja, Chandramohan
Satyanathan, Geetha Sukumaran.

2023 Poetry Readings

Asian American Anthology reading
They Rise Like a Wave
April 27, 2023.

Memorial reading for Saleem Peeradina
April 28, 2023.

Anthology Reading
Hum Aiseich Bolte, Poems Celebrating Hyderabad.
​May 12, 2023.

New-book reading
July 16, 2023.