Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of six poetry collections, including “Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava,” a finalist for the 2023 International Book Awards; “Trespassing My Ancestral Lands” (Finishing Line Press, 2024); and “Bare Soul,” recipient of the 2017 Naji Naaman Literary Prize. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and her poetry has been translated into 21 languages. “Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope, and Peace,” an anthology curated and edited by her was shortlisted for the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award. Her poems and the poetry film River of Songs, archived in the Lunar Codex, landed on the moon’s south pole with NASA’s SpaceX and Intuitive Machines missions in 2024. Website: www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com.
