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YENA SHARMA PURMASIR
YENA SHARMA PURMASIR
poet & essayist
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Writing

POEMS

  • “Dirge.” Lassi with Lavina – A New York Poet’s Lament for Our Times, 18 June 2021. 
  • “Age of Aquarius.” Thought Catalog, 28 February 2017. 
  • “I Wanted To Be A Smart Girl But I Didn’t Have What It Takes.” Thought Catalog, 15 December 2016.
  • “REPORT OF INJURY.” The Rising Phoenix Review, 28 November 2016.
  • “THE RETELLING.” The Rising Phoenix Review, 22 November 2016.
  • “GIRL IN THE RED HOODIE.” The Rising Phoenix Review, 15 November 2016.

VIDEOS

  • “O YASHODHARA,” featured by Harvard Divinty School, April 2021.
  • “Even in Utopia, Even Here,” recorded at the Queens Public Library Poetry Contest Ceremony, November 2020.

ESSAYS

  • “The Best Things” Medium, 26 July 2020.
  • “On Leaving Flushing” Medium, 8 May 2018. 
  • “On Being the Support Beam in My Family’s House: Holding The World Throughout Loss.” Recenter Press Blog, 26 June 2017.
  • “A Destruction of Kindness.” Mask Magazine: Conflict Issue, April 2017. 
  • “Don’t Quit Your Daydream: Juggling Careers & Ambitions.” Where Are You Press Blog, January 2016.
  • “We Are The Same Sheep: Around the World in 33 Days.” Mask Magazine: Asylum Issue, October 2015.
  • “Unlearning from the Inside: Belonging in Academia as a Student of Color.” Where Are You Press Blog, August 2015.
  • “Poetry Is Not A Luxury: Poetry As Resistance.” Where Are You Press Blog, June 2015.

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