Matwaala’s Big Read
AAWW first collaborated with Matwaala in 2017 to successfully launch the first Matwaala Big Read. MBR opens its doors to established, upcoming and youth readers. A number of poets including Vijay Seshadri, Meena Alexander and Saleem Peeradina participated, keenly feeling an urge to respond to the political climate in the USA.
The 2019 Big Read is a memorial reading for Meena Alexander at Hunter College.
The 2019 Big Read is a memorial reading for Meena Alexander at Hunter College.
Poet-of-Honor:
A poet-of-honor is chosen at every edition not just for achievements, stature or seniority but awarded to a poet who is invested in promoting and nurturing other poets.
Matwaala mug:
Our vintage Matwaala mug carries lines of poetry by the poet-of-honor and is unveiled and awarded to the poet-of-honor at each festival.
Festival Editions
2015Inaugural Edition, Austin, TX, USA
Poet-of-Honor: Keki Daruwalla
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2017Long Island/NYC, NY, USA
Poet-of-Honor: Saleem Peeradina
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2018NYC, NY, USA
Poet-of-Honor: Ralph Nazareth
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2019Long Island/NYC, NY, USA
Poet-of-Honor: Yogesh Patel
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