Gowri Koneswaran Explained

Gowri Koneswaran is a queer[1] Tamil-American poet, performing artist, teacher, and lawyer whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka. She is a Kundiman fellow.[2]

Performances & Publications

Her poems are available in Split This Rock's The Quarry,[3] Beltway Poetry Quarterly,[4] Bourgeon,[5] Lantern Review,[6] Washington City Paper,[7] and On Being.[8] She was also a member of the 2010 D.C. Southern Fried Slam Team[9] and has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival, and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company events co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program.

Career

Gowri was previously The Humane Society of the U.S.'s Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts and a Program Manager for the Farm Animal Welfare division.[10] She co-authored the peer-reviewed journal articles "Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change"[11] and "The Public Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities."[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: gowri k.. gowri k.. en. 2019-08-04.
  2. Web site: Fellows. Kundiman. en-US. 2019-08-04.
  3. Web site: How To Enjoy Your Vacation To A Country That Says It Won The War Poetry Database Split This Rock. www.splitthisrock.org. en. 2019-08-04.
  4. Web site: Gowri Koneswaran. washingtonart.com. 2019-08-04.
  5. Web site: [POEM] The distance from here to there by Gowri Koneswaran Bourgeon]. Jwilde. 14 July 2010 . en-US. 2019-08-04.
  6. Web site: Lantern Review: Issue 2 Winter 2011. www.lanternreview.com. 2019-08-04.
  7. Web site: Capturing Fire: Read Poems by Local Queer Poets. Washington City Paper. 3 June 2016 . en. 2019-08-04.
  8. Web site: Hold. The On Being Project. en-US. 2019-08-04.
  9. Web site: Gowri Koneswaran. Washington. D. C.. Poets & Writers. en. 2019-08-04.
  10. Web site: Gowri Koneswaran. HumaneWatch. en-US. 2019-08-04.
  11. Koneswaran. Gowri. Nierenberg. Danielle. May 2008. Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116. 5. 578–582. 10.1289/ehp.11034. 0091-6765. 2367646. 18470284.
  12. Greger, Michael and Koneswaran, Gowri. January 2010. The Public Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities. Family and Community Health. 33. 1. 11–20. 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181c4e22a. 20010001. 10.1.1.418.7461. 14917053 .

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