Poet, critic and artist, Sukrita Paul Kumar (born in Kenya) has published several collections of poems, translations and critical books; her most recent collections of poems are Salt & Pepper, Vanishing Words and Dream Catcher. An invited poet at the International Writing Programme (Iowa, USA) and a poet-in-residence in Hong Kong, she is a former Fellow of IIAS, Shimla. A recipient of many fellowships and residencies, she held the prestigious Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi. Currently she is the guest editor of the journal Indian Literature and co-editor of “Writer in Context” series of volumes being published by Routledge UK.