Purvi Shah

Purvi Shah is a writer and social justice activist known for her work to enable language access and advocacy for immigrant survivors of violence.[1][2][3]

Purvi Shah with Ron Villanueva during a rally in Washington Square, New York, in December 2014

Career

She is the author of three collections of poetry, Terrain Tracks (New Rivers Press, 2006), Dark Lip of the Beloved – Sound Your Fiery God-Praise (belladonna*, 2015), and Miracle Marks (Northwestern University Press, 2019).[4][5][6] Her debut collection, Terrain Tracks, won the Many Voices Project prize and was nominated for the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Members’ Choice Award in 2007. She is the author of the 2017 report, Seeding Generations: New Strategies Towards Services for People who Abuse. During the 10th anniversary of 9/11, she directed Together We Are New York, a community-based poetry project to highlight Asian American voices. In addition to journals and anthologies, her work is part of public art in Iowa libraries including at Grinnell College.[7][8]

Awards

Her honors include winning the inaugural SONY South Asian Excellence Award for Social Service in 2008 for her work to end violence against women.

Education

Shah earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her M.A. from Rutgers University.

References
  1. "Study Finds Gaps in Aid for Non-English Speakers in State Civil Courts".
  2. "Asylum from Domestic Violence".
  3. "Pakistani Rape Victim Comes to US to Speak Out for Women's Rights".
  4. "Terrain Tracks – New Rivers Press". www.newriverspress.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  5. "Chaplets | B E L L A D O N N A *". www.belladonnaseries.org. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  6. Staff Writer. "Miracle Marks". nupress.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. "Burling Participates in a Public Art Installation Project".
  8. ""Public Writing, Public Libraries"".
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