No Ocean Here

Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, blogger, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a fiction novel, and an upcoming nonfiction book of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries in three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, Sweta reads her work across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She also teaches creative writing workshops. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize.

Brave New Collection Honors Women's Spirit WorldwideNo Ocean Here bears moving accounts of women and girls in certain developing and underdeveloped countries. The book raises concernand chronicles the socio-cultural conditions of women in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The stories, either based onpersonal interviews or inspired by true stories, are factual, visceral, haunting, and bold narratives, presented in the form of poems."Sweta Srivastava Vikram is no ordinary poet. The 44 poems in this slim volume carry the weight of unspeakable horrors and injusticesagainst women. Sweta's words span the globe. Her spare and evocative phrases weave a dark tapestry of oppressive conventions that in thetelling and in our reading and hearing, she helps to unravel." Kay Chernush, Founder/Director, ArtWorks for FreedomAbout the AuthorSweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, two times Pushcart Prize nominated-poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, andeducator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a novel, and a non¬fictionbook of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countriesin three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, she reads her work, teaches creative writing workshops, and gives talks atuniversities and schools across the globe. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband.Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook editionsLearn more at SwetaVikram.comFrom the World Voices Series at Modern History Press ModernHistoryPress.comPOE005060 Poetry : American - Asian AmericanSOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - GeneralFAM001000 Family & Relationships : Abuse - General