vasvi kejriwal is a writer, educator, and editor from kolkata.

her work meditates on grief, deconstructing gender, beauty within a capitalist narrative, and what love can look like in this strange, new world. her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, commended for the Troubadour Poetry Prize, long listed for the Disquiet Literary Prize, and has been recognised as a Finalist for the Yellowwood Poetry Prize and the Epiphany Breakout Writers Prize. her poems are forthcoming / appear in Rattle, wildness, Nimrod, The Florida Review, Four Way Review, Shō Poetry Journal, Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English, and elsewhere. she is a founding member of the Girls Write Now - Intersectional Voices in Teaching Committee. she runs and curates Fresh Mint: a poetry initiative that aims to educate and deepen access to the history and craft of poetry, especially highlighting the work of communities that have been underrepresented in literature — she's charted poetry walks in cities like Mumbai and New York and facilitated generative workshops for writers of all levels. vasvi is a recipient of the AI Young Memorial Scholarship from the Community of Writers Conference, along with fellowships and funding from Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and The Watering Hole