the heart of it
‘The movement of Seni Seneviratne’s second collection The Heart of It is two-fold like that of the heart: here is a poet able to combine the personal in enchanting lyrics of desire with the political in poems that, through imaginative power, portray other lives – marginalised, brutalised, lost – as genuinely as her own. Seni speaks to us in a voice always natural, engaging, never pushing beyond the limits of authentic feeling but staying true to lived experience and, despite loss or heartache, always open to the outside world and its windows on the heart. The Heart of It is a tender, moving collection, full of passionate intensity and an unswerving faith in the power of reconciliation and love.’
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 27th 2013 – IN OUR OWN WORDS at San Francisco Public Library
SRI LANKAN WOMEN WRITERS IN CONVERSATION on March 27th
17.30 TO 19.30 at San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
Dharini Abeysekera, Nayomi Munaweera, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Seni Seneviratne, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Arany Uthayakumar
In conjunction with Women’s History Month, Kearny Street Workshop proudly presents (read more…)
March 17th 2013 – Reading in New York
Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series
Evenings of Poetry and Libation
March 17
Seni Seneviratne, Mandy Gor, & Kit Yan (read more…)
March 14th 2013 – Reading at Lauderdale House, London
International Women’s Poetry at Lauderdale House 8pm
moniza alvi, vahni capildeo, leah fritz, myra schneider & seni seneviratne
These inspiring women from Pakistan, Trinidad, America & Great Britain, come together to share their recent works. Ranging from (read more…)
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