teja sudhakar

indiana university poetry mfa

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

some of u guys need to be in the top 0.05% listeners of God

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

“As an immigrant with a mostly fraught relationship to language, especially to my mother tongues, I think it was so important for me to be given permission to play. I feel so lucky that my first experience with poetry was one that prioritized joy and catharsis.”

—Teja Sudhakar (@tejaaaaas), 2024 @POETSorg Aliki Perroti & Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award winner

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@IUBloomington

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

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@Puneet_Dutt @POETSorg @IUBloomington thank you so much!!🥹❤️

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@susanlleary thank you!!!❤️❤️

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

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[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Congratulations to Teja Sudhakar (@tejaaaaas), a student at Indiana University Bloomington (@IUBloomington), who has won the 2024 Aliki Perroti & Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award for their poem “TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW / ABOUT DISMEMBERMENT.” The award recognizes a student poet with a $1,000 stipend.

To read Sudhakar’s award-winning poem, visit: https://t.co/JD4jZEIJU1

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@tega_chovwen thank you tega!!!

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

@tejaaaaas @IUBloomington Natasha Trethwey, @POETSorg Chancellor & former U.S. Poet Laureate, selected Teja Sudhakar as the winner of the 2024 Aliki Perroti & Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award.

Read the full citation here: https://t.co/vgZzelFSao

[Zoë Fay-Stindt @ZoeFayStindt]

Didn’t quite know what to expect for my first tin house workshop, and was quite honestly blown away by the generosity & kindness I found—grateful, grateful, grateful. Safia is a force. These poets, all of them, a life gift ❤️‍🔥

[Indiana University Writers' Conference @iuwritecon]

We are so excited to have Jos as our poetry workshop leader this summer! To learn more about her book feeld, read her interview here: https://t.co/woCnzVVbJv

[Rebranding @ilagotsuspended]

Teja and I are so touched by your wishes. 5 years ago, we vowed to make each other feel special on our birthday every year, and we can’t thank you enough for helping us continue that. To those who have made our 23rd most special, Happy New Year. We hope 2024 is as lovely as you.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and my perspective is needed here now more than ever. I will not be silenced and I will not let anyone distort my words.

I’m from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes.

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@YaminipPathak @FrontierPoetry thank you!!! i miss you so much🥺

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@druwalker94 omg🥺🥺 miss u andrew!!

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@Blue_Margaritas MISS U SM🥹

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@gisselleyepes watching it right now😢

[Susan L. Leary @susanlleary]

CW: addiction/overdose

My brother was smart as hell & struggled with addiction. Deepest love to @IndianaReview 4 featuring our collaborations in their folio of work by incarcerated writers—his journal entries, my poems. He died a week after being released. I miss him like hell.

[we caress like our bodies did not die under god @gisselleyepes]

how I photograph women

[teja sudhakar @tejaaaaas]

@spaghettiutopia it comes back??🥹