Shivani is a writer, curator, dancer & overall stage loving human. Her writing is an effort to hold multiple identities without forcing resolution. She loves sauces, baked goods and silliness. Her spoken word pieces have been featured globally across BBC, Forbes, Dawn, Fringe Festival and more. Her written poems can also be found in Baby Teeth Journal, Ranger, Aureation Zine, The Well & more. She is a current ISL fellow, and serves the Chicago Poetry Center as the Development Committee Chair.
Selected work
- Poetry
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They ask if i had a happy childhood but don’t believe me when i say yes
Baby Teeth Journal, 2024
At a mixer for speed friendships, question six:
Baby Teeth Journal, 2024
Some days I am species transcendent
Baby Teeth Journal, 2024
What do dead bees spread?
Ranger, 2024
What is this immigrant instinct to cook my day away?
Ranger, 2024
In your before
Ranger, 2024
self-portrait as a kind of devouring
Ranger, 2024
among me
Ranger, 2024
If they broke it, do we still have to buy it?
Ranger, 2024
Some nights I pray to swine flu gods
Ranger, 2024
Growing pains
Aureation Zine, 2024
I want to give my friends so many things
The Well, 2024
A song of liberation is a song of forgiveness
The Well, 2024