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Vasvi Kejriwal is a writer, editor and former lawyer. She is of Rajasthani descent and her ancestors come from the small town, Chirawa. She runs her own personal initiative, Fresh Mint. 'Fresh Mint' is a poetry initiative that aims to educate and deepen access to the history and craft of poetry across demographics. As part of this, Vasvi has curated poetry walks in Mumbai (past poets have included Imtiaz Dharker and Leonard Cohen), and facilitated generative workshops for writers of all levels. She also curated Poem Remedies (modelled after Sieghart's 'The Poetry Pharmacy') for Soho House Mumbai. Her work has been shortlisted for the Troubadour International Prize, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and appears in journals such as Rattle, Nimrod, SWWIM Every Day, The Bombay Literary Magazine, The Alipore Post, Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English and elsewhere. She is a mentor for young writers at Girls Write Now

 

She is currently completing her MFA at NYU. 

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Select Publications

POETRY

RATTLE 

Editor's Choice 
'There are Two of Us' 

The Bombay Literary Magazine

Nimrod International Journal 

Mekong Review

The Prose Poem 

'The Magician' 

Pushcart Prize Nominee

Troubadour Poetry Prize

'Turning Twenty-Five

in a Noah Baumbach Film'

Commendation 





CREATIVE NON-FICTION

The Hindu, Frontline

Praxis Journal 

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Fresh Mint Co 

POETRY & HISTORY WALKS 

Leonard Cohen:
The Poet's Life in Mumbai 

Meena Kumari:
Naaz Ke Shayari

Imtiaz Dharker:
Hiraeth

POETRY WORKSHOPS 

Self-Portrait: Generative Writing

Food & Free Verse

Ode to Bread:

Breaking Poems & Writing Bread

SUBSTACK 

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