Raena Shirali

Raena Shirali is the author of two collections of poetry. Her first book, GILT, was released by YesYes Books in 2017 and won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Published by Black Lawrence Press in October 2022, her second book, summonings, won the 2021 Hudson Prize and was shortlisted for the 2022 Julie Suk Award. She holds an MFA in Poetry from The Ohio State University and is an Associate Professor of English at Holy Family University in Philadelphia.
Poems
https://poets.org/poem/ojha-rituals
https://tinderboxpoetry.com/at-home-in-the-empire
https://therumpus.net/2019/05/23/rumpus-original-poetry-two-poems-by-raena-shirali/
https://poets.org/poem/ojha-rituals
https://tinderboxpoetry.com/at-home-in-the-empire
https://therumpus.net/2019/05/23/rumpus-original-poetry-two-poems-by-raena-shirali/
Reviews
https://www.muzzlemagazine.com/summonings-by-raena-shirali-reviewed-by-benjamin-grimes.html
https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-poetry-october-2022
https://poets.org/2022-featured-fall-books-list
https://www.muzzlemagazine.com/summonings-by-raena-shirali-reviewed-by-benjamin-grimes.html
https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-poetry-october-2022
https://poets.org/2022-featured-fall-books-list