Books:
- 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.
- Echo in Four Beats (poetry debut). Georgetown, KT: Finishing Line Press, March 9, 2018.
- Selected for the Ruth Stone Foundation Podcast (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
- A Night with Kali (novella). Approaching Footsteps: Four Novellas by Women. Ed. Patricia Flaherty Pagan. Houston, TX: Spider Road Press, November 2016.
- Cracklers at Night (poetry chapbook). Georgetown, KT: Finishing Line Press, 2010.
- (First Honorable Mention for Best Poetry Book of 2011-2012 in the Los Angeles Book Festival)
Film:
- Burning Down the Louvre. dir. Rita Banerjee and David Shields. Documentary Film. Forthcoming: February 2021.
Dissertation:
- The New Voyager: Theory and Practice of South Asian Literary Modernisms. Harvard University, Dissertation. Cambridge, MA: ProQuest, 2013.
Articles & Essays:
- “The Female Gaze.” PANK 16. New York, NY: Spring 2021.
- “American Caste.” Isele Magazine. Online. Winter 2020.
- “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.
- “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-20th 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.
Videos, Podcasts, & Performance:
- “RSF Bookclub: Rita Banerjee’s Echo in Four Beats.” Ruth Stone Foundation Podcast. Online. Spring 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.
Poetry:
- “Sunlight over Reykjavík” and “String Theory.” Iterant, Issue 2: But We Kept Fighting. Online. October 2020.
- “One Night.” Ruth Stone House. Broadside. Fall 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.
Publication Awards & Recognition:
- 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)