Gowri Koneswaran

Gowri Koneswaran is a queer[1] Tamil-American poet, performing artist, teacher, and lawyer whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka.

[2] Her poems are available in Split This Rock's The Quarry,[3] Beltway Poetry Quarterly,[4] Bourgeon,[5] Lantern Review,[6] Washington City Paper,[7] and On Being.

[8] She was also a member of the 2010 D.C. Southern Fried Slam Team[9] and has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival,[9] and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company events co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program.

[1] Gowri was previously The Humane Society of the U.S.'s Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts and a Program Manager for the Farm Animal Welfare division.

[10] She co-authored the peer-reviewed journal articles "Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change"[11] and "The Public Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities.