Occupation Professor Genre Poetry Nationality American Name Ravi Shankar | Ethnicity Indian American Role Poet Citizenship USA Books Instrumentality: Poems | |
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Ravi shankar poem recitation
Ravi Shankar (born 1975) is an Indian American poet, editor, and former literature professor at Central Connecticut State University and City University of Hong Kong.
Contents
- Ravi shankar poem recitation
- Career
- Drunken Boat
- Criminal convictions and resignation
- Poetry
- Translations
- As editor
- References
Career
Shankar received his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia where he worked with Gregory Orr, and his M.F.A. in poetry from Columbia University's School of the Arts, where he studied with Lucie Brock-Broido and Richard Howard.
His work has been featured on the Poetry Foundation, Poetry International, and Academy of American Poets websites and in numerous publications including the The New York Times, The Paris Review, and the Chronicle of Higher Education..
Shankar has published and edited ten books and chapbooks of poetry, and translated the work of the 9th century Tamil poet/saint Andal.
Drunken Boat
In 1999, he was one of the founders of the world's oldest electronic online arts journals, Drunken Boat.
Criminal convictions and resignation
Shankar resigned from teaching at CCSU following a suspension over a number of arrests and convictions including driving under the influence, giving a police officer someone else’s license after getting into a collision, providing a false statement to authorities, credit card fraud related to using school equipment, and theft of school funds. He served time in Hartford Correctional Center. As part of his termination agreement, Shankar was barred from applying for or accepting a job in the state university system.
As a result of media attention surrounding the case and complaints by Connecticut State Senator Kevin D. Witkos, the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education proposed that criminal convictions be allowed into consideration in employment decisions.