Arathy Asok
Arathy Asok is a bilingual writer, poet and translator whose debut poetry collection Lady Jesus and Other Poems is described by Journal of Commonwealth Literature as “Resistance poetry with a sharp edge” (2019, Vol. 54(4) ). Her most recent work is the translation work titled The Lost Heroine (Speaking Tiger Press, 2020). Her poetry installation titled Word Me Out was showcased at the fifth edition of the South Indian Poetry Carnival at Pattambi, Kerala. She was featured poet at The Blue Nib Magazine (Issue 37, Ireland) and at Poethead, Index of Women Poets, Ireland. She writes short stories in Malayalam and English and recently a short story was included in the anthology One Surviving Story (icoe press, Australia). Her poems have been published in print and online and in national and international journals. Her articles have appeared in The Hindu Blink and elsewhere. Arathy is also moderator at the Indian English poetry collective The Quarantine Train.