In this podcast, doctoral candidate Evangeline Scarpulla speaks with performance poet and PhD researcher Minal Sukumar. Minal’s humorous and engaging poetry explores themes of identity, selfhood, and coming of age. In this episode, she gives a reading of some of her poems including #OOTD, If History Catches Up and The Women I House. These readings are followed by a conversation about the origins and inspiration for her work, the meaning of transnationalism in her life and writing, and some of the specific imagery and themes found in her poetry. She also reflects on the challenges and rewards of performance poetry, and the unexpected universality of her deeply personal writing. We hope that you enjoy listening to this podcast.

You can follow Minal on Instagram @minalsukumar_ for updates on her work and upcoming performances.

The episode transcript can be accessed here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:5805a08e-4837-46d8-9366-c95c69e96ab0

This episode is part of the EUTERPE Podcast Library on European Literatures and Genders from a Transnational Perspective

The podcast is powered by the European Union, UKRI, and the Central European University Library.

Grant Agreement: 101073012 EUTERPE HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 Project.

For more information about the EUTERPE project please refer to the official project webpage https://www.euterpeproject.eu/, or follow us on Instagram @euterpe_project_ or Facebook at EUTERPE Doctoral Network Project.

This episode was produced and edited by: Evangeline Scarpulla.

Thank you to Alexander Walker for the music and to Alice Flinta for the voice over.

Thank you also to Ninutsa Nadirashvili and Kris Orszaghova for designing the podcast covers.