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'''K. Srilata''' (also known as Srilata Krishnan) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and academic based in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=K. Srilata |url=https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poets/k-srilata |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Her poem, ''[[In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick]]'' won the First Prize in the All India Poetry Competition (organized by the [[British Council]] and [[The Poetry Society (India)]]) in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianpoetry.org/comp8.htm |title=Comp8 |access-date=24 November 2011 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001230115/http://indianpoetry.org/comp8.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has also been awarded the Unisun British Council Poetry Award (2007) and the [https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/arts-humanities/our-research/postcolonial-studies/charles-wallace-fellowship/ Charles Wallace writing residency] at the [[University of Stirling|University of Sterling]] (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.english.stir.ac.uk/research/profile/charleswallace.php|title=Literature and Languages – University of Stirling|website=english.stir.ac.uk|access-date=2016-04-02|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001423/http://www.english.stir.ac.uk/research/profile/charleswallace.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her debut novel ''[https://www.penguin.co.in/book/table-for-four/ Table for Four]'' was long-listed in 2009 for the [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] and released in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/k-srilata/ |title=Man Asian Literary Prize &#124; Man Asian Literary Prize website and entry form |access-date=2011-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512144333/http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/k-srilata/ |archive-date=12 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-12-03 |title=Dinnertime thrills |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/dinnertime-thrills/article2680785.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
Srilata’s most recent collection of poems ''[https://www.amazon.in/THREE-WOMEN-SINGLE-ROOM-HOUSE/dp/935548626X Three Women in a Single-Room House]'' was published by [https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/ Sahitya Akademi] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=2024-01-23 |title='You must write the poems you must write': Five from K Srilata's new book of poetry |url=https://scroll.in/article/1061912/you-must-write-the-poems-you-must-write-five-from-k-srilatas-new-book-of-poetry |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='This Is a Poem that Shouldn't Be Written...' |url=https://thewire.in/books/this-is-a-poem-that-shouldnt-be-written |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shetty |first=Manohar |date=2024-02-08 |title='There's blood on my knuckles' |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/book-review-three-women-in-a-single-room-house-k-srilata-poems-intimate-personal/article67788182.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Raghu |first=Archita |date=2024-02-07 |title=Poet K Srilata explores intimate spaces and women's resilience in 'Three Women in a Single-Room House' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2024/Feb/07/poet-k-srilata-explores-intimate-spaces-and-womens-resilience-in-three-women-in-a-single-room-house |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Her critically acclaimed book ''[https://www.amazon.in/This-Kind-Child-Disability-Story/dp/9395767529 This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story]'', which brought together first-person accounts, interviews and short fiction on the disability experience, was published by [https://westlandbooks.in/ Westland] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramachandran |first=Nalini |date=2023-01-20 |title=Review of K. Srilata's This Kind of Child: The 'Disability' Story: The invisible people |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/this-kind-of-child-the-disability-story-special-children/article66385924.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khetal |first=Harvinder |date=15 January 2023 |title='This Kind of Child — The 'Disability' Story' by K Srilata: Rap to 'normal' world |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/this-kind-of-child-%E2%80%94-the-disability-story-by-k-srilata-rap-to-normal-world-470574 |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=The Tribune |issn=0041-2821}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-21 |title=Excerpt: This Kind of Child by K Srilata |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/excerpt-this-kind-of-child-by-k-srilata-101671615005622.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2022-12-24 |title=Book on This Kind of A Child launched |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/book-on-this-kind-of-a-child-launched/article66302331.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-04 |title=How a mother came to terms with her child's disability |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/how-a-mother-came-to-terms-with-her-childs-disability/articleshow/95976865.cms |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2022-12-02 |title='This Kind of Child': Book chronicles lives of persons with disabilities thorough interviews, essays |url=https://theprint.in/india/this-kind-of-child-book-chronicles-lives-of-persons-with-disabilities-thorough-interviews-essays/1245733/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Witucki |first=Kristen |date=2022-12-19 |title=A blind writer recalls giving birth: 'I worried that the nurse wouldn't let me take my baby home' |url=https://scroll.in/article/1039896/a-blind-writer-recalls-giving-birth-i-worried-that-the-nurse-wouldnt-let-me-take-my-baby-home |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=What it means to parent a child with learning difficulties |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//relationships/raising-parents/what-it-means-to-parent-a-child-with-learning-difficulties-111673937631434.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref> Srilata’s poems have been widely anthologized and featured in collections such as ''[https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/the-bloodaxe-book-of-contemporary-indian-poets-897 The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets]'' and ''[https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-penguin-book-of-indian-poets/ The Penguin Book of Indian Poets]''.
A [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] pre-doctoral scholar at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], Srilata has a masters and a PhD in Literature from the [[University of Hyderabad]]. Formerly a Professor of Literature at the [[IIT Madras|Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras]], Srilata took early retirement in order to focus more fully on her writing. She has been a participating writer at the [https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ Jaipur Literary Festival], the [https://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/ Bangalore Literary Festival], the [https://www.ltikorea.or.kr/en/contents/business_ac_3/view.do Seoul International Writers Festival], the [https://ilfk.in/ Sahitya Akademi’s International Literature Festival], the [[Lit for Life|Hindu Lit for Life]] festival, the [https://www.hydlitfest.org/ Hyderabad Literary Festival] and the [https://kalaghodaassociation.com/ Kala Ghoda Arts Festival].
==Career==
Her first book of poems, ''Seablue Child'', was published in 2000, followed by ''[https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/arriving-shortly/ Arriving Shortly]'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2499950.ece|title=Experience has no theme|date=2011-10-01|newspaper=The Hindu|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2407165.ece#.TlsMthqxIvE.blogger|title=Madras, my dear|date=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Hindu|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref> Other poetry collections are ''[https://www.amazon.in/Writing-Octopus-K-Srilata/dp/8172737858/ref=sr_1_9?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912321&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-9 Writing Octopus]'' (2013), ''[https://www.amazon.in/Bookmarking-Oasis-K-Srilata/dp/9382749292/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-5 Bookmarking the Oasis]'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/penning-verse/article5339143.ece|title=Penning verse|last=Parthasarathy|first=Anusha|date=2013-11-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/swati-daftuar-reviews-bookmarking-the-oasis/article8227569.ece|title=A kaleidoscope of colours|last=Daftuar|first=Swati|date=2016-02-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and ''[https://www.amazon.in/Unmistakable-Presence-Absent-Humans/dp/9382749942/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-6 The Unmistakable Presence of Absent Humans]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daruwalla |first=Keki N. |date=2019-07-27 |title='The Unmistakable Presence of Absent Humans' by K. Srilata reviewed by Keki N. Daruwalla |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-unmistakable-presence-of-absent-humans-by-k-srilata-reviewed-by-keki-n-daruwalla-a-sprig-of-jasmine/article28710616.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=2019-06-30 |title=The poetry of missing persons: K Srilata's new book of poems explores the idea of 'absent presences' |url=https://scroll.in/article/928618/the-poetry-of-missing-persons-k-srilatas-new-book-of-poems-explores-the-idea-of-absent-presences |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> Srilata also translated from Tamil to English two millennia worth of poetry titled ''[https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-rapids-of-a-great-river/ Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry]'' - along with [[Lakshmi Holmstrom]] and Subashree Krishnaswamy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/10214032/Voices-in-verse.html|title=Voices in verse - Livemint|website=livemint.com|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref> Her other work includes translations of R. Vatsala's Tamil novels ''[https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/once-there-was-a-girl-vattathul/ Once there was a girl (Vattathul)]'', ''[https://www.amazon.in/Scent-Happiness-Novel/dp/819475609X/ref=sr_1_12?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-12 The Scent of Happiness (Kannukkul Satru Payanithu)]'', a co-translation along with Shobhana Kumar of the Tamil poet Salma’s work ''[https://www.amazon.in/i-Salma-Selected-Poems/dp/9392494718/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-3 i, Salma (Red River)]'', and a translation of women's writing from the [[Self-Respect Movement]] ''[https://www.amazon.in/Other-Half-Coconut-Writing-Respect/dp/818670650X/ref=sr_1_13?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-13 The Other Half of the Coconut: Women Writing Self-Respect History]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/first-look-new-english-books/article3967895.ece|title=First Look — New English books|last=Daftuar|first=Swati|date=2012-10-06|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2003/06/01/stories/2003060100090100.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Troubling questions|date=2003-06-01|access-date=2018-05-26}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [https://www.yodapress.co.in/ Yoda Press] has published an Indo-Irish collaborative poetry anthology ''[https://www.amazon.in/All-Worlds-Between-Collaborative-Project-ebook/dp/B09KM6RPR3/ref=sr_1_10?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-10 All the Worlds Between]'' that Srilata co-edited with Fiona Bolger.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raju |first=Anupama |date=2018-03-17 |title='All the Worlds Between' review — Not such a solitary business |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/all-the-worlds-between-review-not-such-a-solitary-business/article23270199.ece |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Srilata has co-edited ''[https://www.amazon.in/Lifescapes-Interviews-Contemporary-Writers-Tamil/dp/9385606190/ref=sr_1_8?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMYEDgZD1p82DMAPckTteXQTQlzy6aFeg8FFO6LzrKeOSin0pwYadgoxmh2h0_8P7j8kz-nmQbL9LJxOB7_gFe-Rgn5VUbLyVHmBR_k4PfOBs_R09PK-xiB3xZAnJwcWwPEYxgbuWwbaQeBbbBErkISwgiR5Z8aSW4zll8D7a5KZ7mmvNVwtaS-8w62koUXQiwb4KNBJ0mrb-qsWpjYwA.zSRaJB5m29BiyiyFw6M9XU4QeD1uMRT4GG0pvsj1KdQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1707912389&refinements=p_27%3AK.+Srilata&s=books&sr=1-8 Lifescapes: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers from Tamil Nadu]'' (Women Unlimited), along with Swarnalatha Rangarajan.
Srilata has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Stirling, at [http://www.sangamhouse.org/ Sangam House] and at the [https://www.sfac.or.kr/site/SFAC_ENG/04/10405000000002018110509.jsp Yeonhui Art Space] in [[Seoul]]. Srilata co-curates the [http://www.cmi.ac.in/activities/arts-initiative.php CMI Arts Initiative] along with Madhavan Mukund and K.V. Subrahmanyam, apart from hosting a writing residency in partnership with Sangam House. Srilata is also part of the team that runs [https://yavanikapress.wixsite.com/home Yavanika Press], an e-publishing site specializing in poetry.
Srilata was previously a professor at IIT Madras where she taught Creative Writing, Fiction, Advanced English and Translation Studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/srilata/ |title=Department of Humanities and Social Sciences |website=www.hss.iitm.ac.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122075011/http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/srilata/ |archive-date=2011-11-22}}</ref> Srilata is adjunct professor at the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmi.ac.in/people/fac-profile.php?id=srilatak|title=Chennai Mathematical Institute|website=cmi.ac.in|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Poetry Collections===
*''Three Women in a Single-Room House''. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi: 2023, {{ISBN|978-9355486264}}
*''The Unmistakable Presence of Absent Humans''. Mumbai: Paperwall/Poetrywala, 2019, {{ISBN|978-9382749943}}
*''All the Worlds Between: A Collaborative Poetry Project Between India and Ireland''. (Co-edited with Fiona Bolger). New Delhi: Yoda, 2017, {{ISBN|9789382579472}}
*''Bookmarking the Oasis.'' Mumbai: Paperwall/Poetrywala, 2015, {{ISBN|9789382749295}}
*''Writing Octopus.'' New Delhi: Authorspress, 2013, {{ISBN|978-81-7273-785-6}}
*''Arriving Shortly.'' Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 2011, {{ISBN|978-93-5045-015-4}}
*''Seablue Child.'' Kolkata: The Brown Critique, 2002
===Fiction===
*''Table for Four.'' New Delhi: Penguin, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-14-306819-8}}
=== Non-Fiction ===
* ''This Kind of Child: The `Disability’ Story''. New Delhi: Westland, 2022, {{ISBN|978-9395767521}}
* ''Short Fiction from South India'' (co-edited with Subashree Krishnaswamy).'' ''New Delhi: OUP, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0195692464}}
* ''Lifescapes: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers from Tamilnadu'' (co-edited with Swarnalatha Rangarajan). New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2019, {{ISBN|978-9385606199}}
===Translations===
*''The Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry'' (co-edited with [[Lakshmi Holmstrom]] and Subashree Krishnaswamy). New Delhi: Penguin India, 2009, {{ISBN|9780670082810}}
*''Once There Was a Girl'' (translation of the Tamil novel ''Vattathul'' by R.Vatsala). Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 2012, {{ISBN|978-93-5045-027-7}} <ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/first-look-new-english-books/article3967895.ece | title=First Look — New English books| newspaper=The Hindu| date=2012-10-06| last1=Daftuar| first1=Swati}}</ref>
*''The Scent of Happiness'' (co-translation with Kaamya Sharma of Kannukkul Satru Payanithu, a Tamil novel by R Vatsala). New Delhi: Ratna Sagar, 2021, {{ISBN|978-8194756095}} <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-23 |title=On The Scent of Happiness |url=https://indianculturalforum.in/2021/04/23/r-vatsala-on-the-scent-of-happiness/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Indian Cultural Forum |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-18 |title=R Vatsala's The Scent of Happiness speaks to women navigating politics as it plays out within home, work spheres|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/r-vatsalas-the-scent-of-happiness-speaks-to-women-navigating-politics-as-it-plays-out-within-home-work-spheres-9462501.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Excerpt: The Lives of Women Who Grew up in the Heady Years After India's Independence |url=https://thewire.in/books/excerpt-the-scent-of-happiness-lives-women-india-independence |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-24 |title=The Scent of Happiness |url=https://indianculturalforum.in/2021/04/24/the-scent-of-happiness/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Indian Cultural Forum |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Salma: Selected Poems'' (co-translation with Shobhana Kumar of the Tamil poet Salma’s work). New Delhi: Red River, 2023, {{ISBN|978-9392494710}}
===Academic/Editing===
*''The Other Half of the Coconut: Women Writing Self-Respect History.'' New Delhi: Zubaan, 2003, {{ISBN|978-81-86706-50-3}}
*''Short Fiction from South India'', (co-edited with Subashree Krishnaswamy). New Delhi: OUP, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-19-569246-4}}
*''Lifescapes: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers from Tamilnadu'' (co-edited with Swarnalatha Rangarajan). New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2019, {{ISBN|978-9385606199}}
=== Featured in ===
* ''The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets''. Northumberland: BloodAxe, 2008, {{ISBN|9781852248017}}
* ''The Harper Collins Book of English Poetry''. New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2012, {{ISBN|978-9350290415}}
* ''A Poem a Day (edited by Gulzar).'' New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2020, {{ISBN|978-9353575908}}
* ''The Penguin Book of Indian Poets''. New Delhi: Penguin, 2022, {{ISBN|9780670096862}}
* ''The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India'' (ed. Dr Vivekanand Jha). Canada: Hidden Brook Press, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1927725009}} <ref>{{cite web |title=The Dance of the Peacock : An Indo/English Poetry Anthology |url=http://www.hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929050126/http://hiddenbrookpress.com/Book-Indo-EnglishPoetry.html |archive-date=29 September 2018 |access-date=24 April 2017 |publisher=Hidden Brook Press ( Canada )}}</ref>
*"For [Jeanne Mukuninwa]", "What father left us", and "Gomati",''The Harper Collins Book of English Poetry'' (ed. Sudeep Sen). India, 2013, {{ISBN|978-93-5029-517-5}}
*''Another Country: An Anthology of Post-Independence Poetry in English'', (ed. Arundhathi Subramaniam). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2013, {{ISBN|978-81-260-4067-4}}
*"England, 1999", "A Somewhat Different Question", and "I Wear Wordlessness like a Tattered Dress", ''Caravan'', February 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three Poems: England, 1999, A Somewhat Different Question, I Wear Wordlessness like a Tattered Dress |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/poetry/three-poems-england-1999-somewhat-different-question-i-wear-wordlessness-tattered-dress |access-date=2016-04-02 |website=The Caravan}}</ref>
*"Poem Walk", ''Kavya Bharati'', 2011, No. 23
*"Drunken, Gasping Fish-lungs", "Mining", and "Slow Trot", ''Muse India'', Issue 63<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=March–April 2016 |title=Muse India |url=http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=53&id=4677 |url-status=dead |journal=Muse India |issue=66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120721/http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=53&id=4677 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
*"A Brief History of Writing", and "Gravity", ''Prairie Schooner'' 87, no. 2, 2013<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=2013-01-01 |title=A Brief History of Writing, and: Gravity |journal=Prairie Schooner |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=79–80 |doi=10.1353/psg.2013.0053 |s2cid=71995178}}</ref>
*"Mazhai/Rain", ''Sonic Boom'', Issue 3, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonic Boom Journal &#124; Home |url=http://sonicboomjournal.wix.com/sonicboom#!about/c10fk}}</ref>
=== Stories ===
*"You Expert Woman, You", ''Guftugu,'' May 2017<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2017 |title=Guftugu {{!}}You Expert Woman, You |url=http://guftugu.in/2017/05/you-expert-woman-you-srilata/ |access-date=2018-05-27 |website=Guftugu}}</ref>
*"Mynah Hands, Flying Fingers", ''The Punch Magazine,'' April 2017<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=30 April 2017 |title=Mynah Hands, Flying Fingers |url=http://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/fiction/mynah-hands-flying-fingers |access-date=2018-05-27 |website=thepunchmagazine.com/}}</ref>
*"Rainbow Loom Bracelet", ''Out of Print'', September 2015<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rainbow Loom Bracelet by K Srilata; Online Short Story; Out of Print Magazine; September 2015 |url=http://www.outofprintmagazine.co.in/archive/sept-2015-issue/ksrilata_rainbow-loom-bracelet.html |access-date=2018-05-27 |website=outofprintmagazine.co.in}}</ref>
*"Cousin, Newly Acquired", ''Madras Mag'', October 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=Short fiction by K. Srilata |url=http://madrasmag.in/article/short-fiction-2/ |access-date=2016-04-02 |work=The Madras Mag}}</ref>
*"These Things Happen if You Don't Watch it", Volume 28, Issue 3, ''[[Wasafiri]]'', 2013<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Srilata |first=K. |date=2013-09-01 |title=These Things Happen If You Don't Watch It |journal=Wasafiri |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=64–68 |doi=10.1080/02690055.2013.802452 |s2cid=161810947}}</ref>
*"Game of Asylum Seekers", ''Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana'' (edited by [[Anil Menon]] and [[Vandana Singh]]), Zubaan, 2012, {{ISBN|978-93-81017-04-3}}
*"Sarasu", ''the Little Magazine'', Vol. 5, Issue 4, 2004; ''First Impressions: Stories and Plays Shortlisted for the TLM New Writing Award'', 2006 (''the Little Magazine'', New Delhi, 2006), ''Other People: The Sangam House Reader Vol. I'', Sangam House 2011
*"State of Whiteness", ''The Shrinking Woman and Other Stories'', Bangalore: Unisun, 2009, {{ISBN|9788188234530}}
*"How Do I Love Thee?: Let Me Count the Ways", ''The Penguin Book of New Writing From India 2: First Proofs'', New Delhi: Penguin, 2006
==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.indianpoetry.org/comp8.htm   Eighth National Poetry Competition 1998 - Award Winners]
*[http://hyderabadliteraryfestival.com/blog/an-interview-with-k-srilata/ K Srilata - An Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141845/http://hyderabadliteraryfestival.com/blog/an-interview-with-k-srilata/ |date=13 April 2014 }}
*[http://openspaceindia.org/express/talking-poetry/item/ksrilata.html Selected Poetry of K Srilata] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413164132/http://openspaceindia.org/express/talking-poetry/item/ksrilata.html |date=13 April 2014 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121216063849/http://www.indiawrites.org/poetry/poetry.html   ''India Writes'' - Contemporary Indian Poetry]
*[http://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/po%C3%A8tes/k-srilata Poems by K Srilata on ''Recours au Poeme'']
*[https://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/terra-nullius/ "Terra Nullius" on ''Recours au Poeme'']
*[http://www.origamipoems.com/files/Books%20/2014/K_Srilata_-_Dreaming_of_Nameless_Things.pdf "Dreaming Mostly of Nameless Things" on ''Origami Poems'']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11zm95jHcKc "Dreaming, Mostly of Nameless Things" on YouTube]
*[https://www.origamipoems.com/files/K_Srilata_-_Somewhere_a_Skylight_R_2012.pdf "Somewhere a Skylight" on ''Origami Poems'']
*[http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/K_Srilata.html "Not in the Picture" and "A Big Elephant in My Room"]
*[http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2017/07/k-srilata/ K Srilata - Poetry at Sangam House]
*[http://www.righthandpointing.net/right-hand-pointing-issue-106 "Boxes have that Effect" at ''Right Hand Pointing'']
*[https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/21010/27/K-Srilata K Srilata - Poetry International Web] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527205656/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/21010/27/K-Srilata |date=27 May 2018 }}
*[http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/taut-and-crisp/article5875994.ece ''Taut and Crisp'' on The Hindu Verse Reviews]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/books/penning-verse/article5339143.ece Penning Verse on The Hindu]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/k-srilata/ K Srilata - Poemhunter.com]
*[http://thebrowncritique.blogspot.in/2014/10/september-2014.html "A Disappeared Person", "Boundaries", "Behind me, a Slow, Full Moon" and "Slender" on ''Brown Critique'']
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