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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar is Poet-in-Residence and Associate Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University; Chairman of the Connecticut Young Writers Trust; and Founding Editor of Drunken Boat. He has published or edited seven books of poems: Deepening Groove, Radha Says, Seamless Matter, Voluptuous Bristle, Wanton Textiles, and Instrumentality. Along with Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, he edited Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from Asia, the Middle East, and Beyond. icon

Virtual Roundtable on The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

By Ali Alizadeh, Lyn Hejinian, Sawako Nakayasu, Bob Perelman, Ravi Shankar, & Lytton Smith

First published in 1965, the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a reference volume for poetry enthusiasts and literary scholars alike. Last year, a significantly revised fourth edition ...

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