Asian Writer Who Blogs: Janice Pariat

24 June 2010
Asian Writer Who Blogs: Janice Pariat
Writer's Name: Janice Pariat
Country/Origin: India/Portuguese-Khasi-British
Title of blog: words on a windowpane

Writer's Bio: Janice Pariat is a freelance writer currently based in her hometown Shillong, Meghalaya after many years of being away in Delhi and elsewhere. She is inspired by her mixed Portuguese, British and Khasi ancestry, literature, Shillong's troubled history, her childhood in Assam, everyday things, travel. Her writing has been published in Soundzine,Tongues of the Ocean, The Smoking Poet, Barnwood International Poetry Mag, Poetry Friends, Tehelka, The Caravan, Art India, Ultra Violet and Literati among others. Janice has been awarded a 2011 Swiss Arts Council grant for a research residency in Lucerne to work on a short graphic novel. She is also founder-editor of www.pyrtajournal.com, an online journal of poetry, photo essays, prose and graphic stories.

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