Ayaz Pirani
BIO
Biography
Ayaz’s books include Happy You Are Here (The Word Works, 2016), Kabir’s Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets (Mawenzi House, 2019) and How Beautiful People Are (Gordon Hill Press, 2022). His work recently appeared in ARC Poetry Magazine, The Antigonish Review, and Guest 16. Ayaz’s new book of short stories, Death to America, is forthcoming from The Porcupine's Quill in Fall 2024.
ADDRESS
City: ,
Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
Poetry & Fiction
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Happy You Are Here
Publisher
Word Works
Year
2016
Title
Kabir's Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets
Publisher
Mawenzi House
Year
2019
Title
How Beautiful People Are
Publisher
Gordon Hill Press
Year
2022
Title
Death to America
Publisher
The Porcupine's Quill
Year
2024
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Resident, Wallace Stegner House
Year
2023
Name
Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writers Conference
Year
2022
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
EQUITY INITIATIVE
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Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
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