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Namitha Rathinappillai

 

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First name
Namitha
Last name
Rathinappillai
 

ABOUT

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Biography
Namitha Rathinappillai (she/they) is a fat, queer, disabled, Tamil published spoken word poet, organizer, and workshop facilitator. They have been creating, performing, commissioning, and competing as a poet, locally and nationally, since 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and a Masters of Arts in Sociology. They are currently based in Toronto, and was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry Collective (ULPC). You can find more at namitharathinappillai.com.
Self-identification: equity-deserving groups
  • LGBTQI2S+
  • Racialized
 

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications
2023 “Obesity Paradox”, Excessive Bodies
2023 “Mumbai Mangoes”, New Sociology: Narratives of Aliveness
2022 “Intersectionality”, Showing Theory to Know Theory
2022 “Gut Flora”, CRIP COLLAB
2021 “One Year”, Thaen X
2021 “You Tell Me, ‘God Hates Gays’, and I say, ‘Bitch, Which One?’”, OPIRG Brock:
The Coming Out Monologues
2020 “When Someone Says, “You Fight Like a Girl””, Feel Good Ar(t)chives
2020 “A Love Letter to my Melanin”, Feel Good Ar(t)chives
2019 “To the Women of Sri Lanka”, Hamilton Youth Poetry
2018 Author with Battleaxe Press
Published a chapbook titled ‘Dirty Laundry’ with Ottawa publishing company in a run of 100 copies (with a second run of 100 copies released in June 2019)
Awards and other achievements
2022 Winner of JAYU Human Rights and Art Festival Slam
2021 Finalist for Ottawa Arts Council Emerging Artist Award
2021 Semi-Finalist at Canadian Individual Poetry Slam
2019 RBC Youth Ottawa “Spirit of the Capital” Award for Arts and Culture
2018 Tell ‘Em Girl “Girl Boss” Award
Poetic forms and styles
  • Long poem
  • Print poetry
  • Spoken word
Other writing expertise
  • Creative non-fiction
 

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Contact poet directly
namitha.rathinappillai@gmail.com
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