Über den Autor
Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com), featured by Asian Fusion as "one of the most influential Asians of our time," is an award-winning author of eleven books, five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, mindfulness writing coach, wellness columnist, global speaker, and certified yoga and Ayurveda holistic health counselor. Sweta's work has appeared in The New York Times and other publications across nine countries on three continents. Louisiana Catch (Modern History Press) is her debut US novel.
Born in India, Sweta spent her formative years between the Indian Himalayas, North Africa, and the United States collecting and sharing stories. A graduate of Columbia University, she also teaches the power of yoga, Ayurveda, and mindful living to female trauma survivors, writers and artists, busy women, entrepreneurs, and business professionals in her avatar as the CEO-Founder of NimmiLife (www.nimmilife.com). She also uses her holistic wellness training to combine creative writing strategies with Ayurveda and yoga to help poets and writers improve their writing.
She lives in Queens, New York, with her husband, Anudit. You can find her on: Twitter (@swetavikram), Instagram (@SwetaVikram), and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta) and her own blog www.SwetaVikram.com
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Brave New Collection Honors Women's Spirit WorldwidennnNo Ocean Here bears moving accounts of women and girls in certain developing and underdeveloped countries. The book raises concern, nand chronicles the socio-cultural conditions of women in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The stories, either based on npersonal interviews or inspired by true stories, are factual, visceral, haunting, and bold narratives, presented in the form of poems.nnnn"Sweta Srivastava Vikram is no ordinary poet. The 44 poems in this slim volume carry the weight of unspeakable horrors and injustices nagainst women. Sweta's words span the globe. Her spare and evocative phrases weave a dark tapestry of oppressive conventions that in the ntelling and in our reading and hearing, she helps to unravel."nn-- Kay Chernush, Founder/Director, ArtWorks for FreedomnnnnAbout the AuthornnSweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, two times Pushcart Prize nominated-poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, and neducator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a novel, and a non¬fiction nbook of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries nin three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, she reads her work, teaches creative writing workshops, and gives talks at nuniversities and schools across the globe. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband.nnnnAvailable in hardcover, paperback, and eBook editionsnnLearn more at www.SwetaVikram.comnnnnFrom the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.comnnnnnPOE005060 Poetry : American - Asian American nnSOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - GeneralnnFAM001000 Family & Relationships : Abuse - General
