Gowri Koneswaran is a queer [1] Tamil-American poet, performing artist, teacher, and lawyer whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka. [1] She is a Kundiman fellow. [2]
Her poems are available in Split This Rock's The Quarry, [3] Beltway Poetry Quarterly, [4] Bourgeon, [5] Lantern Review, [6] Washington City Paper, [7] and On Being. [8] She was also a member of the 2010 D.C. Southern Fried Slam Team [9] and has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival, [9] and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company events co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program. [1]
Gowri was previously The Humane Society of the U.S.'s Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts and a Program Manager for the Farm Animal Welfare division. [10] She co-authored the peer-reviewed journal articles "Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change" [11] and "The Public Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities." [12]
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Gowri Koneswaran is a queer [1] Tamil-American poet, performing artist, teacher, and lawyer whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka. [1] She is a Kundiman fellow. [2]
Her poems are available in Split This Rock's The Quarry, [3] Beltway Poetry Quarterly, [4] Bourgeon, [5] Lantern Review, [6] Washington City Paper, [7] and On Being. [8] She was also a member of the 2010 D.C. Southern Fried Slam Team [9] and has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival, [9] and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company events co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program. [1]
Gowri was previously The Humane Society of the U.S.'s Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts and a Program Manager for the Farm Animal Welfare division. [10] She co-authored the peer-reviewed journal articles "Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change" [11] and "The Public Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities." [12]
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link)