Interviews & Press

Interviews:

• Shafer, Brooke. “An Interview and Conversation with Tongass Mist Visiting Writer Rita Banerjee.” The Library Show. KCAW Radio. Sitka, Alaska. May 7, 2023.
• Lambert, Ada. “New MFA Director Rita Banerjee.” Echo Newspaper. Swannanoa, NC: February 23, 2023.
• Nigrin, Al. “Rutgers Cinema Studies Profile on Rita Banerjee.” Rutgers Cinema Studies Program. Online. May 7, 2022.
• Nigrin, Al. “NJ Film Co-op Profile on Rita Banerjee.” NJ Film Co-op. Online. May 7, 2022.
• Lindholm, Jane & Matthew T. Smith.  “Representation & Writing: Who Gets To Tell Whose Story?”  Vermont Public Radio.  94.1 FM Montpelier / 107.9 FM Colchester, Vermont. February 10, 2020.
• Argan, Rick.  “Bon Mot feat. Rita Banerjee.” Goddard Community College Radio.  91.1 / 97.1 FM Vermont.  November 11, 2018.
• Sykeny, Angie.  “Echo Speaks: Rita Banerjee Presents Debut Poetry Collection.”  The Hippo.  Manchester, NH: March 22, 2018.
• Morse, Jody T. “Behind the Story: Author & Scholar Rita Banerjee on ‘A Night with Kali.'”  Spider Road Press.  December 1, 2016.
• Reidy, Jessica.  “Writing through Holiday Stress.”  Quail Bell Magazine.  November 19, 2014.
• Woolfitt, William Kelley.  “Rita Banerjee: A Night with Kali Interview.”  Speaking of Marvels.  June 23, 2014.
• Reidy, Jessica.  “Retreat, Ritual, and a Chat with the Women of the Cambridge Writers’ Workshop.”  Quail Bell Magazine.  May 16, 2014.
• Ben-Oni, Rosebud.  “Community as Cathartic: A Conversation with Rita Banerjee & Diana Norma Szokolyai.” HER KIND: A Literary Community Powererd by VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.  May 11, 2013.
• de Soyza, Kushlani. “Rita Banerjee: Cracklers at Night.”  APA Compass. KBOO Radio.  Portland, OR: May 6, 2011.
• Xia, Maria.  “Do the Write Thing: When Creative Writing Meets the World of Harvard Academics.”  Harvard Crimson.  Cambridge, MA: April 15, 2009.
• Zeltser, Yana.  “Objet d’Art Arrives.”  Newsletter of the Friends of Rutgers English.  New Brunswick, NJ: Fall-Winter 2003.

Press, Reviews, & Citations:

• Jackson, Skye. “Sign & Breath: A Stirring Examination of Voice in Poetry.” Art New England November/December 2025. Online. November 2025.
• Lee, Shanta and Philip Brady. “Sign & Breath Trailer feat. Rita Banerjee.” Sign & Breath Anthology. Eds. Shanta Lee and Philip Brady.  Wilks-Barre, PA: Etruscan Press, July 23, 2025.
• Mercurio, Michael. “A Close Reading of Rita Banerjee’s poem ‘Birds on Blue.'” A Slight Case of Overthinking. Online. February 9, 2025.
• Core Editors Desk. “Bryant Park Poetry Reading.” Holiday Park. Online. October 7, 2024.
• Locus Magazine. “People & Publishing Roundup: August 2024.” Locus Magazine. Online. August 15, 2024.
• Bryant Park. “Poetry with Rita Banerjee, Kate Gale, Erica Meitner, and Jason Schneiderman.” Bryant Park Reading Room. New York, NY: August 13, 2024.
• iPutney. “Saturday, July 13th – Poetry Chapbook Release and Reading.” iPutney. Putney, VT: July 13, 2024.
• Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. “Poetry Chapbook Release Readings.” Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. Brattleboro, VT: July 13, 2024.
• The Commons. “Putney Public Library celebrates poetry chapbook with special readings.” The Commons (Issue 769). Brattleboro, VT: June 12, 2024.
• Brattleboro Reformer. “Putney Public Library celebrates poetry chapbook with special readings.” Brattleboro Reformer. Brattleboro, VT: June 4, 2024.
• Cauce, Anna Mari. “Honoring Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage — past, present and future.” University of Washington Presidential Blog. Online. May 24, 2024.
• Pai, Shin Yu. “Finding the Words: UW Press celebrates “Aiiieeeee!” and a 50-year legacy of Asian American Literature.” University of Washington Magazine. Seattle, WA: May 2024.
• Low, Lisa. “Proleptic Strategies in Race-Based Essays: Jordan K. Thomas, Rita Banerjee, and Durga Chew-Bose.” Assay Journal 10.1: Editor’s Picks 10 Years of Assay. Online, Fall 2023.
• Gault, Miciah Bay, “Decisions, Decisions: Which MFA is Right for You?” The Poets & Writers to MFA Programs. New York, NY: September 2023.
• Gault, Miciah Bay, “Decisions, Decisions: Which MFA is Right for You?” Poets & Writers. New York, NY: September/October 2023.
• Greaves, Margaret. “The Moon’s Corpse Rising”: The Poetic Moon and Imperialist Nostalgia from the U.S. to Kashmir.” Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration from Einstein to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2023.
• Randle, Brooke. “Banerjee to head MFA Program.” Mountain Xpress. April 15, 2023.
• Sitka Public Literary. “An Evening of Literature with Rita Banerjee.” Sitka Soup. April 12, 2023.
• Warren Wilson College. “Summer 2023 MFA Faculty Announced.” MFA Program for Writers. April 6, 2023.
• Tongass Mist. “Tongass Mist Writing Retreat Scholarships.” Sitka Soup. March 15, 2023.
• Biltmore Beacon. “Warren Wilson College Hires New Director of the MFA Program for Writers.” Biltmore Beacon. February 9, 2023.
• Warren Wilson. “Warren Wilson College announces new director of the MFA program for writers.” Warren Wilson College.” Warren Wilson College. Online. February 3, 2023.
• Tongass Mist. “Tongass Mist Writing Retreat feat. Rita Banerjee.” Sitka Soup. February 1, 2023.
• Toh, Tracey. “How Women Look.” This Is Your Life Now. Singapore. May 22, 2022.
• Vol. 1 Brooklyn.  “Afternoon Bites: Nina Polari’s Poetry, Kim Fu’s Fiction, J.T. Bushnell’s Playlist, and More.” Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Online.  February 9, 2022.
• VT Digger.  “Vermont Arts Council announces creation grants to 23 outstanding artists.”  Vermont Digger.  September 13, 2021.
• Vermont Biz.  “Vermont Arts Council issues Creation Grants to 23 outstanding artists.” VermontBiz. Online. September 10, 2021.
• Pandit, Huzaifa. “Revisiting ‘Home’ in Agha Shahid Ali’s ‘Half Inch Himalayas’ and ‘Nostalgist’s Map of America.” JSL. Online. 2021.
• Low, Lisa.  “Proleptic Strategies in Race-Based Essays:Jordan K. Thomas, Rita Banerjee, and Durga Chew-Bose.”  Assay Journal: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Issue 7.1.  Online.  Fall 2020.
• Murua, James.  “The Ukamaka Olisakwe-founded Isele Magazine makes its debut.”  James Murua Literary.  Online.  July 31, 2020.
• Book O’clock.  “Isele Magazine: New and Promising.”  Book O’clock.  Online.  July 31, 2020.
• Courtney, Elizabeth.  “What Comes Next?”  Time Argus.  Montpelier, VT: April 21, 2020.
• Jensen, Cassandra.  “Interview with David Shields.”  The Iowa Review, 49/2.  Iowa City, IA: Fall 2019.
• Mass Poetry.  “Getting to know Rebecca Connors and her new chapbook: Split Map.”  Mass Poetry Festival.  Online.  September 2019.
• Ross, Martha. “In Toni Morrison’s own words: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Kamala Harris among many paying tribute with favorite quotes.” Mercury News.  Online.  August 6, 2019.
• Teles Relay. “Paroles de Toni Morrison partagées par Kamala Harris, Tim Cook, Pelosi et d’autres.”  Teles Relay.  Online.  August 6, 2019.
• Ross, Martha.  “In Toni Morrison’s own words.”  East Bay Times.  Online.  August 6, 2019.
• Literary North. “Seth Wade, CA Conrad, and Rita Banerjee (Ruth Stone Foundation Reading Series).”  Literary North.  Online.  April 14, 2019.
• Moes, Dena.  “How to Write about a Marriage Crisis and Keep the Marriage.”  Books by Women.  Online.  April 2, 2019.
• Bem, Greg. “CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing.” Rain Taxi.  Online.  March 2019.
• Higgins, Tamara.  “Vermont’s Poetry Community.”  Sun Dog Poetry Center.  Online.  March 29, 2019.
• Kwan, Katrina.  “16 Top Publishers of Autobiographies.” Writing Tips Oasis.  Online.  January 16, 2019.
• Moes, Dena.  “What Early Readers Have to Say.”  Dena Moes: Sort of a Blog.  Online.  December 12, 2018.
• Finch, Cameron.  “Fiction Writing Prompt: Take a Walk.”  Online.  December 6, 2018.
• Rau, Christina M.  “2 Contemporary Books to Get You Writing.”  Book Riot.  Online.  October 27, 2018.
• Jansen van Rensburg, Paulina.  “Echo in Four Beats by Rita Banerjee.”  3 Quarks Daily.  Online.  October 20, 2018.
• Finch, Cameron.  “School in Book Form.”  Online.  October 19, 2018.
• Desai, Aditya.  “Dread, Fear, and Joy in Visual Beauty: A Conversation with Chaya Bhuvaneswar.”  Split Lip Magazine.  Online.  October 2018.
• Rusch, Jason Phoebe.  “An Interview with Chaya Bhuvaneswar.”  Hobart.  Online.  September 27, 2018.
• Jansen van Rensburg, Paulina.  “Echo in Four Beats by Rita Banerjee.”  The Quarterly Conversation.  Online.  September 17, 2018.
• WORD.  “WORD Presents: Readings from the Cambridge Writers Workshop.”  WORD Bookstore.  Brooklyn, NY: September 15, 2018.
• Literary North.  “Rita Banerjee, Erin Stalcup, Lizzy Fox.”  Literary North.  Online.  September 14, 2018.
• Loo, Kenderick.  “Metered Orange: Review of Rita Banerjee’s Echo in Four Beats.”  Singapore Unbound.  Online.  September 3, 2018.
• Munich Mag.  “Poetry Reading: Rita Banerjee.”  Munich Mag.  Online.  June 2, 2018.
• Coldiron, Katharine.  “Book Review: CREDO.”  CRAFT.  Online.  May 22, 2018.
• Harvard Square.  “The Grolier Poetry Festival.”  Harvard Square.  May 16, 2018.
• Clark, Jim.  “The Grolier Poetry Festival.”  The Somerville Times.  Online.  May 16, 2018.
• NBC.  “The Grolier Poetry Festival.”  WAND TV 17, NBC.  May 15, 2018.
• CBS. “The Grolier Poetry Festival Brings Poetry, Music, Dance, and Dramatic Performances to the Street.”  CBS 8.  May 15, 2018.
• Holder, Doug.  “Grolier Poetry Book Shop Festival.”  Boston Area Small Press & Poetry Scene.  Online.  May 14, 2018
• Rau, Christina M.  “Must-Read Poetic Voices from Split This Rock 2018.”  Book Riot.  Online.  May 6, 2018.
• Bem, Greg. “Yellow Rabbits Review #43: Echo in Four Beats by Rita Banerjee.”  Yellow Rabbits.  Online.  May 6, 2018.
• Curry College.  “Dr. Lindsay Illich and Dr. Kara Provost Contribute to Writing Anthology.”  Curry College.  Online.  May 6, 2016.
• Holder, Doug.  “From Bloc 11 Cafe: Francine LaChance and the Grolier Poetry Festival.”  Podcast.  Online.  May 2, 2018.
• Myers, PZ, and Ed Brayton.  “Speculative Poets in Conversation: Christina M. Rau.” Free Thought Blogs.  Online.  May 2, 2018.
• LaChance, Francine. Grolier Poetry Festival: A 90th Year Anniversary Celebration.”  Grolier Poetry Book Shop.  Online.  May 1, 2018.
• SPD.  “New Nonfiction.”  Small Press Distribution.  Online.  May 1, 2018.
• Miranda, Deborah A.  “Split This Rock! 2018: Three Days in a Poet’s (almost) Utopia.”  Bad NDNS.  Online.  April 24, 2018.
• Shearer, Emily.  “Tongues Circling Stories: A Book Review of ‘Echo in Four Beats’ by Rita Banerjee”.  Minerva Rising.  Online.  April 5, 2018.
• Cawood, Shuly.  “All My Heroes Are Broke.”  Online.  April 6, 2018.
• Grunow, Melissa.  “Rita Banerjee’s Echo in Four Beats.”  The Coil.  Online.  March 27, 2018.
• Szilágy, Anca.  “Notes from #AWP18, Part 2.”  Anca Szilágy.  Online.  March 18, 2019.
• North Carolina Writers’ Network.  “When Books are a Lifestyle Choice: C&R Press.”  White Cross School.  Online.  February 28, 2018.
• Stilling, Robert.  “Featured Review: Mad Heart Be Brave: Essays on the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali, ed. Kazim Ali.”  ASAP Journal.  Online.  September 14, 2017.
• Howard, Jennifer. “World of Books: Ready to Write Your Own Best-seller?”  The Independent.  London, U.K.: June 17, 2017.
• Howard, Jennifer.  “When You’re Ready to Move from Summer Reading to Summer Writing.”  The Washington Post.  Washington D.C.: June 9, 2017.
• Miller, Kathleen Volk, et. al. “Episode 27: Suicides and Skeleton Jazz.”  Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slushpile.  Philadelphia, PA: February 9, 2017.
• Larimer, Kevin and Melissa Faliveno.  “Ampersand: Episode 11.”  Poets & Writers Ampersand Podcast.  New York, NY: December 14, 2016.
• Sen Sarma, Moushumi.  “There is no end to the story.”  The Minimalist Indian.  Munich, Germany: May 30, 2016.
• Loving, Denton.  “Interview with William Kelley Woolfitt.”  Delphi Quarterly.  Winter/Spring 2016.
• Gibert, Tiffany.  “Booze and Books: Your Lit Crawl NYC Schedule.”  Time Out New York.  September 11, 2014.
• Schofield, James. “Chapter 30 – Discoveries and Chapter 31 – Evidence.”  JRT Schofield.  October 24, 2014.
• Linocat, Debbie. “Linocat Loves Chapbooks: A List.”  Linocat.  San Francisco, CA: 2013.