04/16/2026
Join us at ๐ณ ๐ฝ.๐บ. ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ญ๐ด to welcome Gauri Awasthi, and celebrate the release of her poetry collection ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐, with Trio House Press.
โAwasthi invites us to consider what it will take to let images degrade, to become a part of earth and water, the flows of the planet, again. โBhanu Kapil
โGauri Awasthiโs poems are bright and incidentalโ โEileen Myles, Author of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ examines the inheritance of trauma through the lens of a daughterโs experience of domestic violence and emotional abuse. These raw, vivid poems grapple with questions of identity as a girl becoming a woman, as well as a non-citizen living between homes, between countries. Structured around the rhythm cycle of Indian classical music (SA-RE-GA-MA-PA-DHA-NI-SA, equivalent to Western Solfรจge), ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ explores the meaning of each note, mirroring the cycle of generational trauma that passes through women, echoed through language and recurring motifs, in the end composing songs of words to create shrines of safety and healing.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ถ, born in Kanpur, India, is a poet and filmmaker. She has won fellowships from Yaddo, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Sundress Academy for the Arts, Hedgebrook, and Hambidge Center where she was a National Endowment for the Arts Distinguished Fellow. A formally trained Bharatanatyam dancer, Gauri lives in New York City.
