The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

Amani Saeed

Poet, United Kingdom

Amani Saeed is a writer who treads the line between roots and routes. She writes poetry, blog posts, films, and whatever else is needed to get the point across. In addition to being a former member of the Roundhouse Collective and Barbican Young Poets, Amani is the curator and host of the interdisciplinary sell-out night the hen-nah party, designed by and for queer South Asians. Her poetry collection, Split, was published with Burning Eye Books. Amani is the co-writer for Queer Parivaar, which premiered at the BFI.

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Language Is A Queer Thing

  • 13th November
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A poetry recitation of brand new work
Amani Saeed, Anil Pradhan, Garfield Dsouza, Ifẹ Grillo, Megha Harish, Sanah Ahsan

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