Kiran Bhat

Welcome to the website of Kiran Bhat.

This is a playspace for one person who pretends to be seven billion people at once.

LATEST BOOK

Autobiografia

In September 2019, I published a book of poems in Spanish, Autobiografía, with Letrame Editori-al. I wanted to tell the story of my life in the form of poetry, by compressing each year of my life into a poem, titled after the respective year of the experience.

Kiran Bhat

I am a global citizen formed in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, to parents from Southern Karnataka, in India. I think since I was a teenager I was interested in global themes. Around seventeen, I re-member wanting to tell people I wanted to write a collection of stories for each country in the world, telling a myriad of tales of things happening there.

My Workspace

Book Review: No Friend But the Mountains, by Behrooz Boochani

marzo 22, 2020

The seamlessness of borders, and the seamlessness of bodies; these are one in the same in the opening words of No friend But the Mountains.

BOOK REVIEW: New & Selected Stories, by Steven Millhauser

febrero 20, 2020

The 20th century American short story is a gem of a form. Call it formulaic, call it of a certain type, but the best short

GIRAR, INTERLUDE: THE NEW YEAR, IN CHINESE DIASPORIC TERMS (Lisbon, Portugal)

enero 18, 2020

[This is an excerpt from a work in progress. More details to be revealed shortly] The park around Alameda metro faced an old fountain the

BOOK REVIEW: Lord of the Senses, by Vikram Kolmannskog

enero 5, 2020

To be in between the lines, subtly, and yet markedly so, is a condition a lot of us is starting to identify as in

Girar, Interlude: Times Square (New York, New York)

enero 1, 2020

[This is an excerpt from a work in progress. More details to be revealed shortly] They all shouted one, and a giant ball, morphing

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