{"id":1262,"date":"2022-08-24T11:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T11:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/?page_id=1262"},"modified":"2026-05-24T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:10:18","slug":"view-selected-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sangamithraiyer.com\/?page_id=1262","title":{"rendered":"Other Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My poem “Infrequently Asked Questions about the Spotted Lantern Fly” was aired for Poetry Month, Courtesy of WNYC, New York Public Radio. Can read and listen to it at Literary Cherry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So honored to be included in this gorgeous Ways of Water Issue of CONJUNCTIONS <\/a>Magazine with \u201cA Letter to my Submerged Father, \u201d \u2014 a confluence of family history, waterness in Tamil, animal joy & grief in Sangam literature, & the labors & delights of recovering what is submerged. Asta, following the moving patch of sunlight, also makes an appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was invited to collaborate with the brilliant Lisa Hirmer as part of her Waterfront Toronto Residency Projects for These Warming Days<\/a> and inspired by the Port Lands Flood Protection Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA text based installation running along the water\u2019s edge, a speculative infrastructure suggesting how we might live in relationship to this place, its other non-human inhabitants, and each other\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch our panel discussion<\/a>!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I have an essay on “The Expose” in The Edinburgh Companion to Vegan Literary Studies.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My essay \u201cGoverning <\/a>Bodies\u201d was published in the Jan\/Feb 2019 Issue of The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenyon Review and winner of a Pushcart Prize-2021 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An audio version of it can be found here.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read editor Geeta Kothari\u2019s blog on why she chose this piece.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a micro-conversation about this piece here at KR Conversations:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My essay \u201cAre you Willing?\u201d was published in this beautiful anthology WRITING FOR ANIMALS<\/a> by Ashland Creek Press.  Check out my Q&A<\/a> about this work too<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My essay \u201cTrying\u201d was published in Issue 12 of Newtown Literary<\/a> and nominated for a Pushcart Prize<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I wrote an essay about Ecosystem Engineers published in 1001 Nuit Saison 2<\/a> in Marseille, France.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thrilled to announce The Long View<\/a><\/em>, a special book length anniversary edition of Satya<\/em> is now available.  The Long View<\/em> is a reflection on over two decades of activism and where we go from here.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My Essay \u201cBurmese Years : Finding traces of a grandfather\u2019s life in the archives of an empire\u201d is featured in Creative Nonfiction\u2019s s inaugural column: \u201cThe Story behind the Story\u201d in issue 56<\/a>.  It explores reconciling gaps in family narratives in recreating what it is like in situ.  I compare my work as a writer to my experiences as a geotechnical engineer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m happy to be included in this collection Letters to a New Vegan<\/a>, <\/em>published by Lantern Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the spirit of Rainer Maria Rilke\u2019s Letters to a Young Poet<\/em> and conceived of as a modern-day vade mecum<\/em>, Letters to a New Vegan <\/strong>consists of 32 humorous, evocative, spirited, and even tender epistles offering advice, counsel, and inspiration from activists and leaders who\u2019ve followed the veg
an path for years. The aim is to ignite, sustain, and refresh the passion and commitment of those who want to live more consciously and compassionately on the planet, with other people, and with themselve<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My longform nonfiction story \u201cThe Lines We Draw<\/a>\u201d has been published by Hen Press<\/a>. You can purchase and download the eBook, The Lines We Draw, on Amazon<\/a>, iBooks<\/a>, and Barnes & Noble.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n