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.
Select Publications
POETRY
RATTLE
Editor's Choice
'There are Two of Us'
The Bombay Literary Magazine
Nimrod International Journal
Mekong Review
The Prose Poem
Pushcart Prize Nominee
Troubadour Poetry Prize
'Turning Twenty-Five
in a Noah Baumbach Film'
Commendation
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
The Hindu, Frontline
Praxis Journal
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