Rita Banerjee

Rita Banerjee directs the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, specializing in transnational poetics and multilingual literature. Creative works include the poetry collections 'Echo in Four Beats' and 'Cracklers at Night,' exploring cultural hybridity through lyric forms. Current book projects examine female subjectivity and South Asian narrative traditions.

Education includes Ph.D. from Harvard University and MFA from University of Washington. Editorial leadership includes Cambridge Writers' Workshop and South Asian Avant-Garde journal. Honors include Vermont Arts Council grants for memoir development.

• Teaching: Poetry workshops, literary translation, manifesto writing
• Creative Practice: Documentary film collaboration 'Burning Down the Louvre'