Author: Umang Kalra

Umang Kalra is a queer writer from India. They are the editor of Violet Indigo Blue, Etc. and the author of Minimalist Sweetheart (-algia, 2021). They have been a two time Best of the Net finalist and a Pushcart nominee. Their work has appeared in tenderness, The Shallow Ends, Wax Nine, and elsewhere.

As I Fall Apart by Oriana Rose, with illustrations by Natasha Natarajan

  Umang Kalra

Though adorable in shape and size, Oriana Rose’s As I Fall Apart is anything but. Packing a necessary punch when discussing contraceptives, menstruation and gender, Rose and Natasha Natarajan’s stunning work problematises all three in the pursuit of liberation.

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‘I could go to bed sweetly, pothos calling’ and other poems by Umang Kalra

  Umang Kalra

In these lush and gorgeously written poems, Umang Kalra explores relationships, grief and the effect of the internet on poetic expression in the era of Covid-19.

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