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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · 28d

Bangalore-bound this week for the alèy litfest at MAHE:

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Aug 5

On ebbs, flows and making space for the mysterious: www.instagram.com/p/DM-gkdTSlo...

#cambodia #writersandartists #mermaids

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Aug 3

Spotted in Siem Reap: Sovann Macha, one of my favourite mermaids and a star of my graphic novel #IncantationsOverWater, along with her lover Hanuman!

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · Jun 18

#poetry Bluesky, assemble!

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Jun 18

I recall being floored by a prose poem called "Husband" many years ago, and I want to read it again. It was by an Asian-American writer, possibly queer. Can you help me find it, please?

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Jun 18

I recall being floored by a prose poem called "Husband" many years ago, and I want to read it again. It was by an Asian-American writer, possibly queer. Can you help me find it, please?

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Prairie Schooner @prairie-schooner.bsky.social · Jun 16

"Benediction for the Feast" by @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social appears in a Feast-themed portfolio in our latest issue, which celebrates our digital Fusion series.

Get the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...

Come to my table, my beloveds, my betrayers.
Let me feed you from the bowl of life.
Cross my threshold
empty of palm, open of heart, eager of belly.
I have picked only fruit already fallen
and herb without malice and
flesh anointed and absolved.
I have placed a carnation beside each of your knives.

—Sharanya Manivannan,
"Benediction for the Feast" Issue 98.2, Selections from the Digital Schooner Global Fusion Series

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you!

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Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · May 21

Aiiiiii look at this beauty!!! 📚💙

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 21

ANNOUNCEMENT!: I've been waiting over 3 years to be able to tell you that #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, the little book I drew and wrote and published in the first year of the pandemic is now back in print. This piece of my💙 has had a tumultuous journey, as have I. I'm grateful she's back.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you! You could ask your local bookstore or library to bring it in?

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 21

ANNOUNCEMENT!: I've been waiting over 3 years to be able to tell you that #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, the little book I drew and wrote and published in the first year of the pandemic is now back in print. This piece of my💙 has had a tumultuous journey, as have I. I'm grateful she's back.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 12

Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 12

Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...

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Ms. Jen @msjen.bsky.social · May 1

A lovely and visceral lunar exploration by Sharanya Manivannan.

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you so much!

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

For the first time since 2021, I dusted off my drawing tablet and created a new illustration, "Eclipse Bloom". It was a true pleasure to create the words and art linked here. I hope for more such confluences and spaces that coax my writing and art out this way.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

In March, I sat down to write a personal essay for this commission - very simply titled "On Moonlight". I was requested to share some of my published art to accompany the piece, which I did, but something miraculous also happened.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

I had been on Dark 'n' Light's The Subverse podcast some years ago (open.spotify.com/episode/0UDZ...), and was intrigued by the possibility of a new collaboration.

A story made of water: of incantations, mermaids, and moonlight

The Subverse · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

A few months ago, after a new short story was published, I put out a wish publicly - that I would receive more commissions to create. To my delight, Susan Mathews of Dark 'n' Light reached out, and her team sent a deck of prompts.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · May 1

NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Apr 1

I really wish the Indian government would make the burning of rubbish punishable by law.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Eid Mubarak. May Palestine be free. 🍉

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Good morning to all who giggled at today's Wordle.

Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Mar 23

Oh wow! I love her poetry. Looking forward.

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Sharanya Manivannan @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social · Mar 1

A gentle note that before you roll your eyes at posts on how it will soon be 5 years since the pandemic began in India (and elsewhere), some of our lives altered irrevocably from 2020 on, some of us have yet to recover, if we ever can. It is not just the years we are counting.

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