Aekta Khubchandani (she/her)

founder - Poetry Plant Project | | Dual MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry & Nonfiction) @TheNewSchool 2022

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

I’m all firecrackers and jelly about interviewing @MonicaYoun for her new book, “From From” at @adroitjournal! 🫶🏻

Such a special conversation (I believe my best interview yet). ♥️♥️♥️

Indulge here: https://t.co/9ibfeG07m8

@GraywolfPress @NewSchoolWrites

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Humbled to be performing at @BengaluruPoetry on Aug 6th at 12:45 pm. 🫶🏻

It’s going to be so beautiful, performing in India after a handful of years. If you’re in the city, come say hiiii! ♥️

@NewSchoolWrites #poetsofTwitter #writerscommunity

[Bengaluru Poetry Festival @BengaluruPoetry]

Meet @k_aekta, a talented writer from Bombay! Founder of Poetry Plant Project, she conducts workshops. Winner of Breakout Prize 2022, finalist for Indiana Review’s Poetry Prize 2022. Catch her at Bengaluru Poetry Festival on 5th & 6th August 2023, @GrandMercureGM

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

@jacobahalaba @theoffingmag Thank you, thank you!

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Very excited that my interview with @jmaebarizo is out in the world! I was also lucky to be there at the book launch held at @NewSchoolWrites early May! 🫶🏻

Much wonder, read it here: https://t.co/cOYUGi8ipK

#poetry #interview #newschoolwrites

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

@NarangShobhit @PostcardMedia Thank you love!

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Today is my first day at work as the Creative Head at @PostcardMedia! Looking forward to all the magic works 🎉

#creativecommunity #storytelling #ideas #newjob

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Pleased ☺️ that my poem, “Things you heard while growing up or how to prepare for a funeral” is published by @WTRlitmag in their summer 2023 issue!

This one is from my second manuscript in progress. 💁🏻‍♀️ @NewSchoolWrites

Gorge here: https://t.co/M9PczKQn1V

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

This beauty has come into the world, after many rejections and editors asking me “What’s in it for the reader?” Well, a lot of love and tenderness 💁🏻‍♀️

Hope you feel all the feelings! 🫶🏻 thank you @spaghettiutopia

@NewSchoolWrites #morethantrees #essaying

[ty? raso? @spaghettiutopia]

friends! this essay, published in my last issue as IR's CNF editor, is so so stunning, as is all the work. @k_aekta taught me so much about longing, asymmetry, waywardness, language, trees, monarch butterflies +++ with this essay, and it was an instant yes for me. read it!

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

@spaghettiutopia After multiple rejections, I’m SO glad that you saw my essay with such a curious eye, Tyler 🌿 thank you! 💌

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

@IndianaReview I’m smiling so wide! 🫶🏻 thank you for giving my essay an home 🍃

[Indiana Review @IndianaReview]

We're delighted to start sharing previews from our latest issue! First up is @k_aekta's wildly stunning essay, "More than Trees:" https://t.co/312Z8ERt7a

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

🌿 I put all the love and longing in an essay that I wrote while I was in grad school.🍃

Gorge on “More than Trees,” published by @IndianaReview. Feel all the feelings! 🥺♥️

https://t.co/Tckl3GbLNz

@NewSchoolWrites #essay #personalessay #WritingCommmunity

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

It’s a beauty-full day to feel like a writer! If you haven’t already, go read this gorgeous interview with @MonicaYoun at @adroitjournal! ⭐️

https://t.co/9ibfeG0FbG

[David Roderick @droderick77]

We're proud of the Enlightenments section for @adroitjournal issue #45! We'll start by tweeting out @k_aekta's interview with @MonicaYoun. They focus on Monica's brilliant new book from @GraywolfPress, FROM FROM.

https://t.co/UynFaZTprW

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Some love from the MFA Student Reading at @NewSchoolWrites last Friday✨ Absolute joy, thank you for having me! 🫶🏻

#newschoolwrites #poetrycommunity #WritingCommmunity

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

@alyssakpalazzo This is a lot of love! Thank you, thank you 🫶🏻

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Come hang! 💁🏻‍♀️ @NewSchoolWrites

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Joy scream and heartache! I forgot to share the direct link to the flash piece out on @theoffingmag! Here we go— https://t.co/1B0Z5F2h4a

Hope you enjoy (re)reading this one 🐳

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Over the moon to have my flash piece, “Leftovers” published by one of my all time fav lit mag @theoffingmag 🫶🏻

Thank you @marycpappalardo for giving this one a home!

@NewSchoolWrites #flashfiction #lessismore #WritingCommunity #newschoolwrites

[Aekta Khubchandani (she/her) @k_aekta]

Love that my poem, “I’m eating an orange” is out on @VagabondLit 🐳 Come on in, enter the poem here: https://t.co/X8euGMXRdX

#newschoolwrites #poetry #poetrycommunity @NewSchoolWrites 🌱