About Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Books
Gayathiri Kamalakanthan is a Tamil poet and producer. They're interested in how language shapes adolescence and how we might use it to build freer futures. Gayathiri is a recipient of the Disabled Poets Prize, the FAB Prize and the RSL Literature Matters Award. An alumna of the Southbank Centre New Poets Collective, Gayathiri runs Word-Benders, a poetry workshop centering the work of trans and queer poets of colour. Their work in Relationships and Sex Education shapes the questions they ask as a writer. gayathiri.co.uk, @unembarrassable.