My first book of poems was Witchcraft (Bullfighter Books, 2008). Between 2008 and 2011, I wrote a column called "The Venus Flytrap" for The New Indian Express . I'm working on two collections of poetry (Cadaver Exquisito and Bulletproof Offering ), a collection of short fiction (The High Priestess Never Marries ) and a novel (Constellation of Scars ). I received the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008-2009 and a 2012 Elle Fiction Award, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice.
These are the things I have done or hope to do.
In the meantime, pieces of my poetry, fiction and essays appear frequently enough to keep me happy, in places including Prairie Schooner , Drunken Boat , Wasafiri , Hobart , The Nervous Breakdown , Pratilipi , Superstition Review and Killing The Buddha . On this blog you'll find links to these as they are published, unedited versions of my writing that appears in newspapers and magazines... and nowhere near as much chaos, miscellany and whimsy as life actually contains. :)
Also, do drop by www.sharanyamanivannan.com for more links and information.
sharanya(.)manivannan(@)gmail(.)com
