March 13, 2009,
6 pm
Prakriti Foundation in association
with The Park presents
the launch of Witchcraft, a book
of poems by Sharanya Manivannan
Venue: Leather Bar, The Park,
Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 006
Dress
Code: Black
Sharanya Manivannan was born in India
in 1985, grew up elsewhere, and currently lives in Chennai. She is the
author of a collection of poems, "Witchcraft" (Bullfighter Books, 2008).
The recipient of the Lavanya Sankaran Fellowship for 2008-2009 from Sangam
House, she is working on a novel, "Constellation of Scars", and a second
collection of poems, "Bulletproof Offering". Her column, "The Venus Flytrap",
appears in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express.
Sharanya is best-known for her work
as a spoken word artist, and has performed extensively since 2001, at venues
as diverse as an abandoned pier, a cemetery, and the 11th century Borobudur
stupa in Indonesia.