Chaya Bhuvaneswar's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Narrative Northeast, The Awl, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
“The New Adventures Of”, “Opa” and “When”
Like a page from a memoir in “The New Adventures of,” the poet rejects her father’s rants and repulses an arranged marriage. A similar feat is fulfilled line by poetic line in “Opa,” the poet having found a fire-opal, “no opal omen of/ruin.” And in “When,” the poet pleas for racial justice and names the names, “Book of remembrance, book of tears.” Read more.
Newberry
On the staid street in Boston, Vinita manages a manicure business for her cool boss Leo while he’s on a short vacation. But Vinita makes plans, and they have nothing to do with staying where she is. Read more.