#PoetsReadingPoets

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#PoetsReadingPoets is a series curated by Somrita Urni Ganguly where contemporary poets read one work by another eminent poet that has helped them survive the lockdown period during the global coronavirus pandemic of 2020. The 30 invited poets recorded their videos on hand-held devices, while self-isolating in different places around the world: Antananarivo, Bombay, Calcutta, Chicago, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Istanbul, New York, Seekonk, and Sao Paolo, among others.

After having curated over one hour of moving poetry, the series proposes to be an ongoing one. If you would like to be featured in this series, kindly take a look at the work done so far on YouTube here, and then feel free to email your interest to blessed.damsel@gmail.com (subject line of the mail: #PoetsReadingPoets).

Submission Guidelines:

1. Record a video of you reading a poem by any other poet that has inspired you
2. Record the video in the horizontal/ landscape mode and NOT in the vertical/ portrait mode
3. Hold the microphone close to your mouth, speak up, and eliminate background sounds as far as possible
4. You may read poems from any language, of any length. Form/ genre no bar
5. Feel free to introduce yourself and the poet/ poem that you are reading at the beginning of the video – but this is not compulsory
6. Email your submissions to Somrita Urni Ganguly at blessed.damsel@gmail.com
7. Since this is a curated list, only selected readings will be uploaded

Eligibility Criterion

You must be a poet.