Meet Simran

Simran is a poet, activist, and abortion doula currently based in Durham, North Carolina. Her work centers around her experiences as a queer, brown, child of immigrants and seeks to weave together stories of love, sex, politics, and more. Simran’s poetry has been published by the Academy of American Poets’, West Trade Review, the South Asian Sexual and Mental Health Alliance, Pennsylvania Bards Southeast Poetry Review, Nine Mile Literary Magazine, BigCityLit, and more. Her poem, An Almost Love Letter to an Almost Stranger, is nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was also the editor of a book of poetry translated from Hindi, originally written by her Dadiji (grandmother) Sunita Jain.