Join the NYU Creative Writing Program and Kundiman in celebrating Rohan Chhetri's Lost, Hurt or in Transit Beautiful.
Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful received the 2018 Kundiman Poetry Prize, dedicated to publishing exceptional work by Asian American poets. This exceptional collection re-envisions poetic form while exploring identity, artistic tradition, and the limitations of language upon the imagination. Rohan Chhetri will be joined by Purvi Shah and Duy Doan for a beautiful evening of poetry.
Kundiman Poetry Prize with Rohan Chhetri, Purvi Shah, and Duy Doan
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Rohan Chhetri is a writer and translator based in Houston. He is the author of Slow Startle (Winner of the Emerging Poets Prize 2015), and Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful (Winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize). A recipient of a 2021 PEN/Heim Grant for translation, his poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Revue Europe, AGNI and New England Review, and have been translated into Greek and French.
Purvi Shah’s favorite art practices are her sparkly eyeshadow, raucous laughter, and seeking justice. She won the inaugural SONY South Asian Social Service Excellence Award for her leadership fighting violence against women. Her new book, Miracle Marks, explores women, the sacred, and gender & racial equity. With artist Anjali Deshmukh, she creates interactive art at https://circlefor.com/. Their participatory project, Missed Fortunes, documented experiences, celebrations, and pandemic rituals to create poetry and visual art, connection, and a community archive for healing. You can see and purchase the art prints at https://tiny.one/circlefor. Find more @PurviPoets.
