Topaz Winters
Topaz Winters | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1999 (age 26–27) United States |
| Education | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Website | topazwinters |
Topaz Winters (born 1999) is the pen name of Singaporean writer Priyanka Balasubramanian Aiyer.[1] She is the author of the poetry collections Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing and So, Stranger.[2][3]
Early life and education
Winters was born in the United States and raised in Singapore.[1] She attended Princeton University, where she studied English and creative writing.[2]
Career
Winters's chapbook poems for the sound of the sky before thunder was published by Math Paper Press in 2017.[4] Her collection Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing was first published in 2019 and reissued by Button Poetry in 2024.[5][6] Her collection So, Stranger was published by Button Poetry in 2022.[6]
While studying at Princeton, Winters received the university's 2022 Academy of American Poets University & College Prize for the poem "It's Not That I'm Angry".[7]
Winters is founder and editor-in-chief of Half Mystic Press.[8] In 2023, she co-founded the online literary magazine Kopi Break.[9] Her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, The Drift, and Passages North.[10][11][12]
Her scholarly article "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents" was published in the Journal of Homosexuality.[13]
Selected works
Poetry collections
Chapbooks
- Heaven or This. 2016.
- poems for the sound of the sky before thunder. Math Paper Press, 2017.[17]
Scholarly articles
- "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". Journal of Homosexuality, 67(2), 206–222. 2020. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415.[18]
References
- 1 2 Ho, Olivia (29 April 2019). "The 'rebel girls' of Singapore poetry: Young, outspoken and pushing boundaries". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Topaz Winters, student and artist, makes meaning out of suffering". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- 1 2 "So, Stranger". Button Poetry. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "Poems For The Sound Of The Sky Before Thunder". Epigram Bookshop. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "'All The Hope You've Ever Had' – An interview with Topaz Winters". The Kindling. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Topaz Winters". Button Poetry. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "2022 Academy of American Poets Prize". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Small Press Points: Half Mystic". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "About". Kopi Break. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Winter & Spring 2025". Poetry Northwest. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Idol". The Drift. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Issue 45". Passages North. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ Aiyer, Priyanka (2020). "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". Journal of Homosexuality. 67 (2): 206–222. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415. PMID 30407889.
- ↑ "Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing". Button Poetry. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Neugebauer, Samantha (23 December 2019). "Sounds of Want & Pain". Singapore Unbound.
- ↑ Togut, Ben (18 August 2022). "Poet Topaz Winters curates a soulful night of music and verse at 'So, Stranger' launch". The Village Sun. New York.
- ↑ "poems for the sound of the sky before thunder". BooksActually. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ↑ Aiyer, Priyanka (28 January 2020). "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". Journal of Homosexuality. 67 (2): 206–222. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 30407889. S2CID 53236989.