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Open Mic: July 25, 2022
Speed Poetry: July 26, 2022
Repetitive Poetry: July 27, 2022
Style Mirroring: July 28, 2022
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SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA POETS WHO HAVE READ AND PARTICPATED IN MATWAALA’S READINGS, FESTIVALS, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
Afsar Mohammad
Ami Patel
Anita Nahal
Arangamallika
Chandramohan Satyanathan
Debangana Banerjee
Dilruba Ahmed
Diya Kanduri
Geetha Sukumaran
Gopika Jadeja
Indran Amirthanayagam
Kalpna Singh Chitnis
Kashiana Singh
Kazim Ali
Kavita Ezekeil Mendoca
Keki Daruwalla – 2015 Poet-of-Honor
Kiran Kapur
Meena Alexander
Meenakshi Mohan
Megha Sood
Meher Manda
Monica Ferrell
Phinder Dulai
Prageeta Sharma
Pramila Venkateswaran
Raena Shirali
Ralph Nazareth – 2018 Poet-of-Honor
Ravi Shankar
Rohan Chhetri
Saleem Peeradina – 2017 Poet-of-Honor
Sara Garg
Sasha Parmasad
Shadab Zeest Hashmi
Shikha Malaviya
Shubh Bala Schleisser
Sophia Naz
Shash Trevett
Seni Seneviratne
Srinivas Mandivilli
Srinivas Reddy
Subhashini Kaligotla
Sukirtharani
Sweta Vikram Srivastava
Swati Rana
Umesh Solanki
Usha Akella
Varsha Saraiya Shah
Vidyan Ravinthiran
Vijay Seshadri
Vikas Menon
Vivek Sharma
Yamini Pathak
Yuyutsu Sharma
Zeinna Azzam
Zilka Joseph
UK poets
Jess Mookherjhi
Kavita Jindal
Mona Dash
Prabhu Guptara
Reshma Ruia
Rishi Dastidar
Sohael Patel
Yogesh Patel – 2019 Poet-of-Honor
Shanta Acharya
Mexican:
María Baranda
Ana Belen
Mariana Bernárdez
Fernando Carrera
Elsa Cross,
Manuel Iris
Luis Armenta-Malpica
Jorge Ortega
Natalia Toledo
African American
Dorothy Randall Gray
Anastasia Tomkin
Cynthia Manick
Marsha Nelson
Loretta Diane Walker
Native American:
Lyla June
Lucille Long Day
Andrina Smith
Caribbean:
Marianela Medrano
Danielle Legros Georges
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Bessy Reyna
Asian American:
Allison Albino
Sun Yung Shin
Joshua Nguyen
Miho Nonaka
Pichchenda Bao
Deedle Tomlinson
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Bryan Thao Worra
Dalit:
(Included in the initial list)
Sukirtharani,
Arangamallika,
Gopika Jadeja,
Chandramohan Satyanathan,
Geetha Sukumaran.
Home
People
Directors
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Usha Akella, Founder & Director
Pramila Venkateswaran, Director
Matwaala Ambassadors
>
Kashiana Singh
Zilka Joseph
Advisory Team
Volunteer Poets
FRIENDS of Matwaala
Matwaala Poets
Festivals
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 - 23
2024
2025
Poets-of-color Series: 2021-2025
Testimonials
Projects
Publications
MAPS
Media
Critical Work
Interviews
Articles
Reviews
Matwaala Youth - Sync Poetry
Key Initiatives
Our Team
Poetry Submissions!
2021: A Beginning
>
July 2021 Open Mic: Confidence
September 2021 Open Mic: Connection
October 2021 Ghost Stories and Poetry: Creation
2022: Outreach
>
Week of Expression!
>
Open Mic: July 25, 2022
Speed Poetry: July 26, 2022
Repetitive Poetry: July 27, 2022
Style Mirroring: July 28, 2022
Let's Play a Game: July 29, 2022
Personal Projects
>
Sara's Work
Diya's Work
Resources
Contact