What the Blood Knows

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Vinita Agrawal lives in Indore, India. She has authored seven books of poetry and edited two anthologies on climate change. Her latest collection of poetry is The Hour of God published by Red River Press, is a reflection on impermanence. Her poem Conversation with a Seed won an award at Brew Poetry in 2025. She also received a prize for her poem The Light Phenomena from Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) in 2025. She was the Runner-up for Mānoa poetry prize 2025, runner-up for the Earth Amulet Poetry Prize ( River Paw Press), and was awarded the Jayanta Mahapatra National Award for Literature 2024, the Proverse Prize Hongkong 2021, the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2018 and the Gayatri GaMarsh Memorial Award for Literary Excellence, USA 2015. She convened the PEN All-India Centre at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai and Her work has been published in Gallerie, Global South, Pratik, Mascara Review, Indian Literature, Asian Cha, Voice and Verse, Tiger Moth Review, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Knopf Newsletter, Canary, Tabula Rasa, Madras Courier among others. www.vinitawords.com Instagram: @vinitaagrawal18