Printable view of Jhani Randhawa

Listed as:

Poet

Bio:

Jhani Randhawa is a Kenyan-Punjabi/Anglo-American counterdisciplinary maker, collaborator, and editor. Their work engages with dream, archive, diaspora, and fugue states in the wake of capitalist-driven ecological crises. Their debut collection TIME REGIME, which won the 2023 California Book Award for Poetry, was selected by Dr. Dorothy Wang as the 2021 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize winner. Jhani is co-founding editor of the experimental arts journal rivulet, with Teo Rivera-Dundas.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

CA

California

Website:

https://www.jfkrandhawa.com [2]

Prizes won:

2023 California Book Award Gold Medal for Poetry; 2023 UNESCO Youth Research Grant, Finalist; 2021 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize Winner (Judge: Dr. Dorothy Wang); 2021 PEN American Emerging Voices Fellowship, Finalist; 2021 تحری Tehreer at the Rights Collective, Shortlist; 2021 Futurepoem Poetry Prize Finalist; 2020 Millay Arts Yasmin Fellowship Recipient; 2020 Radix Media Own Voices Chapbook Prize, Finalist

What I'm reading now:

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

The Real Horse by Farid Matuk

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

Writers Retreats:

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Millay Arts

Identifies as:

BIPOC

LGBTQ

Mixed-Race