Journal Publications, Podcasts, Performances, & Awards

Articles & Essays:

• “The Spirit Door.” Sign & Breath Anthology. Ed. Shanta Lee Gander.  Wilks-Barre, PA: Etruscan Press, Spring 2023.
• “Cool as Kin.” Tupelo Quarterly. North Adams, MA. Spring 2023.
• “Translating the World: The International Scope of South Asian Literary Modernisms.”  South Asian Avant-Garde.  Online.  Winter 2022/2023.
• “Best Books of Transnationalist Literature.” Shepherd: Discover the Best Books.  Online. Winter 2022.
• “American Caste.”  Isele Magazine.  Online.  Winter 2022.
• “The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: A Conversation with Felicia Rose Chavez.”  Kweli Journal.  Online.  May 2022.
• “The Female Gaze, Part 1.”  PANK.  Online.  February 2022.
• “The Female Gaze, Part 2.”  PANK.  Online.  February 2022.
• “The Female Gaze, Part 3.”  PANK.  Online.  May 2022.
• “Of Delight.”  Iterant, Issue 2: But We Kept Fighting.  Online.  October 2020.
• “Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump: A Conversation with David Shields & Rita Banerjee.”  The Nervous Breakdown.  Online.  July 2, 2020.
• “Birth of Cool.”  Hunger Mountain, Issue 23: Silence & Power.  Montpelier, VT: Spring 2019.
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2020
• “Credo.”  CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing.  Eds. Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai.  Winston-Salem, NC: C&R Press, May 2018.
• “Emotion & Suspense in Theatre, Poetry, and (Non)Fiction.”  CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing.  Eds. Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai.  Winston-Salem, NC: C&R Press, May 2018.
• “James Baldwin’s The Devil Finds Work.”  The Scofield (Issue 3.1: Kōbō Abe & Home)  Online.  Winter 2018.
• “Mano a Mano.”  Nat. Brut. (Issue 9).  Online.  November 2017.
• “Between Post-Independence and the Cold War: Agha Shahid Ali’s Publications with the Calcutta Writers Workshop.”  Mad Heart Be Brave: Essays on the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali.  Ed. Kazim Ali.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, May 2017.
• “The Rumpus Interview with Erik Kennedy.”  The Rumpus.  Online.  February 2017.
• “Writing from the Fringe: Cultivating Writing Communities on Retreats and Abroad.”  WC&C Quarterly. Ed. Kenny Lakes. Online: AWP, February 2017.
• “Emotion and Suspense: The Essence of Rasa Theory.”  Poets & Writers: The Inspiration Issue.  New York, NY: January/February 2017.
• “Narrative as Provocation.”  Los Angeles Review of Books.  Los Angeles, CA: May 2016.
• “Amrita Pritam: Sexual Politics and Publishing in Mid-20^th Century India.” VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Online. February 2016.
• “Calcutta, Marwaris, and the World of Hindi Letters.” Dissertation Reviews. Online.  January 2016.
• “War is Beautiful: An Interview with David Shields.”  Electric Literature.  Brooklyn, NY: November 2015.
• “Paging Ms. Marvel: The Perks and Perils of Creating an Islamic, Feminist Superhero.”  Jaggery: A DesiLit Arts and Literature Journal.  Chicago: Summer 2014.
• “Review of Kazim Ali’s Fasting for Ramadan.”  Jaggery: A DesiLit Arts and Literature Journal.  Chicago: Fall 2013.
• “Āj Āmār Sonār Bānglā: Giving Voice to Modern Bengali Culture Today.”  Bengali Newsletter.  Watertown, MA: Fall 2009.
• “Getting that First Book Published.”  NJ Society of Professional Journalists.  Online.  Spring 2002.

Fiction:

• A Night with Kali (novella).  Approaching Footsteps: Four Novellas by Women.  Ed. Patricia Flaherty Pagan.  Houston, TX: Spider Road Press, November 2016.
• “Darling Marie.”  Queen Mob’s Tea House.  Online.  March 2016.
• “In Perfect Focus.” Objet d’Art. New Brunswick, NJ: 2002.

Poetry:

• “One Night.”  Ruth Stone House.  Broadside.  Spring 2022.
• “Sunlight over Reykjavík” and “String Theory.”  Iterant, Issue 2: But We Kept Fighting.  Online.  October 2020.
• “The Figure.”  PoemCity.  Montpelier, VT.  April 1, 2020.
• “One Night.”  Tahoma Literary Review.  Online.  December 2018.
• “Georgia Brown,” and “The Suicide Rag.”  Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 97, Print Annual 9.  Philadelphia, PA: Summer 2018.
• “Sleep.”  Academy of American Poets: Poem-a-Day.  Online.  November 30, 2017.
• “Ilha Formosa.”  Hyphen Magazine.  Online.  March 2017.
• “Chicago Ode.”  Mass Poetry: Poem of the Month.  Online.  October 2016.
• “Birds on Blue.”  Queen Mob’s Tea House.  Online.  March 2016.
• “Please Listen and Do Not Return” and “Storyteller.“  The Monarch Review.  Seattle, WA: September 2015.
• “Pygmalion & the Slippers” and “Currency.”  Riot Grrrl Magazine.  Online.  August 2015.
• “Romani Folk Poem,” “Kaddish,” and “A Hymn to Beauty.”  Quail Bell Magazine.  Falls Church, VA: Spring 2015.
• “Who Lamb.”  Quail Bell Magazine.  Falls Church, VA: Winter 2014.
• “America Ode.”  Amethyst Arsenic.  Somerville, MA: Summer 2013.
• “Expectation.”  Dr. Hurley’s Snake-Oil Cure.  Boston, MA: February 2012.
• “Small Berries.”  Million-Line Poem.  North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, Fall 2011.
• “Without Representation.”  Poets for Living Waters.  Brooklyn, NY: Summer 2010.
• “The Figure,” and “At Bougival.”  Catamaran.  Storrs, CT: Spring 2007.
• “Didgeridoo, a Bird.”  The Dudley Review.  Cambridge, MA: Spring 2007.
• “The moon had jackknifed.”  Crab Creek Review.  Seattle, WA: February 2007.
  (Winner of the 2006 Crab Pot Poetry Contest)
• “Fall all that Glitters,” and “Late December, Walnut Creek.”  Chrysanthemum.  Seattle, WA: Spring 2006.
• “Napalm, 1972,” “For Otis and Charles,” “Paper Men,” and “Christina’s World.”  Objet d’Art.  New Brunswick, NJ: 2003-2004.

Videos, Podcasts, & Performance:

• “The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: A Conversation with Felicia Rose Chavez.”  Kweli Journal.  Online.  May 2022.
• “RSF Bookclub: Rita Banerjee’s Echo in Four Beats.”  Ruth Stone Foundation Podcast.  Online.  Spring 2022.
• “Shanta Lee and Rita in Conversation about Creativity.” YET…Conversations about Bringing Art into the World Podcast. Online. January 2022.
• “‘How Do I Become You?’ with Publisher and Novelist Torrey Peters.” Polk Professional Series Podcast. Narr. Rita Banerjee and Robin Hemley. Online. December 2, 2021.
• “‘How Do I Become You?’ with Filmmaker and Essayist David Shields.” Polk Professional Series Podcast. Narr. Rita Banerjee and Robin Hemley. Online. November 18, 2021.
• “Rutgers Writers House: Alumni Reading feat. Rita Banerjee, Cassandra Gillig, and Becca Klaver.” Rutgers Writers House. Online. November 11, 2021.
• “‘How Do I Become You?’ with Poet and Memoirist Susanne Paola Antonetta.” Polk Professional Series Podcast. Narr. Rita Banerjee and Robin Hemley. Online. October 18, 2021.
• “‘How Do I Become You?’ with Cultural Critic and Memoirist Carvell Wallace.” Polk Professional Series Podcast. Narr. Rita Banerjee and Robin Hemley. Online. October 7, 2021.
• “‘How Do I Become You?’ with Neuroscientist David J. Linden.” Polk Professional Series Podcast. Narr. Rita Banerjee and Robin Hemley. Online. September 23, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Spring 2021 Commencement.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  May 15, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Final Faculty Reading feat. Rita Banerjee, Miciah Bay Gault, Rob Spillman, Erin Stalcup, Ariel Francisco, Tim Horvath, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Frances Cannon, James Scott, and Sean Prentiss.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Sarah Leamy.  Online.  May 14, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Spring 2021 Student & Alumnx Reading.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  May 13, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Tara Skurtu, Jennifer Baumgardner,
  Robin MacArthur, and Trinie Dalton.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Sarah Leamy.  Online.  April 30, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Erika T. Wurth, Ken Chen, Youmna Chlala,Megan Fernandes, and Ruben Quesada.“ Narr. Rita Banerjee and Sarah Leamy.  Online.  April 16, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Amahl Khouri, Tim Kirkman, Felicia Rose Chavez, and Evie Shockley.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  February 5, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Douglas Kearney, Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Sean Prentiss.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  March 19, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Lizzy Fox, Shin Yu Pai, Prageeta Sharma, and Tim Horvath.“  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  February 19, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Amahl Khouri, Tim Kirkman, Felicia Rose Chavez, and Evie Shockley.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  February 5, 2021.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Fall 2020 Commencement.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  December 16, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Fall 2020 Student Reading.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  December 16, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Bianca Stone, Jasmin Darznik, Koon Woon, and Jennifer Wortman.” Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  December 4, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Shawn Wong, Miciah Bay Gault, and Folio Literary Management.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  November 20, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Tavia Gilbert, Frances Cannon, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, and Ukamaka Olisakwe.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Shin Yu Pai.  Online.  October 16, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Rita Banerjee, Erin Stalcup, and David Shields.  Narr. Rita Banerjee and Stephanie Reich.  Online.  September 18, 2020.
• “Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump: A Conversation with David Shields & Rita Banerjee.”  The Nervous Breakcast.  Online.  July 2, 2020.
• Benefit Reading for Black Visions Collective.  Cambridge Writers’ Workshop.  Online.  June 26, 2020.
• “Friday Fictions feat. Rita Banerjee’s ‘A Night with Kali.'”  Spider Road Press.  Online.  May 29, 2020.
• Benefit Reading for the Boston Resiliency Fund.  Cambridge Writers’ Workshop.  Online.  May 22, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Spring 2020 Commencement.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  May 16, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing Spring 2020 Student Reading.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  May 14, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Carvell Wallace, Yi Shun Lai, and Trinie Dalton.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  May 1, 2020.
• “The Figure.“ Narr. Rita Banerjee.  International Poetry Circle.  Online.  April 26, 2020.
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Ann Dávila Cardinal, Dr. Debotri Dhar, and Sean Prentiss.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  April 17, 2020
• “VCFA’s MFA in Writing & Publishing presents: Kenzie Allen, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, and Erika T. Wurth.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Online.  March 27, 2020.
• “Representation & Writing: Who Gets To Tell Whose Story?” feat. Rita Banerjee and Jess Row.  Vermont Public Radio.  Narr. Jane Lindholm.  94.1 FM Montpelier / 107.9 FM Colchester, Vermont. February 10, 2020.
• “One Night.”  Tahoma Literary Review.  Online.  December 2018.
• “Bon Mot feat. Rita Banerjee.”  Goddard Community College Radio.  91.1 / 97.1 FM Vermont.  November 11, 2018.
• “Sleep.”  Academy of American Poets: Poem-a-Day.  Online.  November 30, 2017.
• “Rooms are Never Finished: The Legacy of Agha Shahid Ali.”  Narr. Kazim Ali.  Poets House.  New York: April 21, 2017.
• “Episode 27: Suicides and Skeleton Jazz.” Narr. Kathleen Volk Miller et al.  Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slushpile.  Philadelphia, PA: February 9, 2017.
• “I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel feat. David Shields and Charles Recoursé.”  Narr. Rita Banerjee.  Shakespeare and Company.  Paris: July 23, 2015.
• “Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Literary Cabaret feat. Rita Banerjee, Diana Norma Szokolyai, Gregory Crosby, and Leah Umansky.”  Emergency INDEX Vol2: Documenting Performance Annually.  Eds. Yelena Gluzman and Sophia Cleary.  Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012.
• “Rita Banerjee: Cracklers at Night.”  Narr. Kushlani de Soyza.  APA Compass. KBOO Radio.  Portland, OR: May 6, 2011.
• “Paper Men.”  Hearsay, Volume 1.  Ed. Reid Bingham.  New Brunswick, NJ: Hearsay Records, 2004.

Publication Awards & Recognition:

• 2021-2022 Vermont Arts Council “Creation Grant” Recipient for Rita Banerjee’s new memoir and manifesto on how female cool subverts social, sexual, and economic pressure
• “Birth of Cool.”  Hunger Mountain, Issue 23: Silence & Power.  Montpelier, VT: Spring 2019.
  • Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2020
• Judge for 2020 Sustainable Montpelier “What Comes Next?”  Writing Competition
• Judge for 2019 Vermont Poetry Out Loud State Championship
• Judge for 2019 Spider Road Press Flash Fiction Contest
• Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant * 2018
• Judge for the 2017 Minerva Rising “Dare to Speak” Poetry Chapbook Contest
• Echo in Four Beats (poetry manuscript)
  • Selected for the Ruth Stone Foundation BookClub (2020)
  • Nominated for the 2019 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize at the Academy of American Poets
  • Finishing Line Press’s 2018 Nominee for the National Book Award in Poetry
  • Nominated for the 2018 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
  • Book Riot’s “Must-Read Poetic Voices of Split This Rock 2018
  • Finalist for the 2017 Three Mile Harbor Poetry Book Prize
  • Shortlisted for Aquarius Press 2016 Willow Books Literature Award
  • Finalist for Red Hen Press 2015 Benjamin Saltman Award
• Cracklers at Night (poems).  Georgetown, KT: Finishing Line Press, 2010.
  • First Honorable Mention for Best Poetry Book of 2011-2012 in the Los Angeles Book Festival
• “The moon had jackknifed.”  Crab Creek Review.  Seattle, WA: February 2007.
  • Winner of the 2006 Crab Pot Poetry Contest
• University of Washington Poetry Prize (2006)
• Evelyn Hamilton Award for Creative Writing (2004)