POETRY

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A Love Letter
to My Melanin

Feel Good Ar(t)chives

When Someone Says,
‘You Fight Like a Girl’

Feel Good Ar(t)chives

To the Women
of Sri Lanka

Hamilton Youth Poets

More Poems & Publications

ABOUT

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(they/she) is a fat, disabled, queer, Tamil spoken word poet and workshop facilitator. Currently based in Toronto, she was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry Collective (ULPC). They are a two-time Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) team member with ULPC, and they published their first chapbook titled ‘Dirty Laundry’ with Battleaxe Press in November 2018. In 2019, she won the RBC Youth Ottawa Spirit of the Capital Award for Arts and Culture. They enjoy crafting, writing letters to friends, and looking at the moon.

Bookings

I am open to bookings and inquiries regarding workshops, performances, and commissioned works. If you have other ideas, let’s chat!

If you are looking for funding opportunities for me to visit your school, I am a member of both the Writers Union of Canada and the League of Canadian Poets: please check out the Writers Union Application here and the League Application here.

ABOUT

Namitha's CVContact

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Namitha Rathinappillai (they/she) is a fat, disabled, queer, Tamil spoken word poet and workshop facilitator. Currently based in Toronto, she was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry Collective (ULPC). They are a two-time Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) team member with ULPC, and they published their first chapbook titled ‘Dirty Laundry’ with Battleaxe Press in November 2018. In 2019, she won the RBC Youth Ottawa Spirit of the Capital Award for Arts and Culture. They enjoy crafting, writing letters to friends, and looking at the moon.

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