Gowri Koneswaran is a queer[1]Tamil-American poet, performing artist, teacher, and lawyer whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka.[1] 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,[9] and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company events co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program.[1]
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]
