Assistant Director, Career Services at New York University (2018-2019)
Lead Graduate Instructor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2017-18)
Creative Writing Instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2015-18)
Designed Psychology seminar with Dr. Richard Mann, Psychology 121-The Meaning of Life and Death (2014-15)
Career Advisor at the University of Michigan (2011-13)
Co-Founder and Curriculum Developer at Beyond Bounds (2012-2014), Check out Mission Collaborative

Bio

Rushi Vyas is a writer, educator, and current PhD student at Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou / University of Otago. He is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection When I Reach For Your Pulse (Four Way Books, 2023) which was a two-time finalist for the National Poetry Series in the US, and the co-author of the chapbook Between Us, Not Half a Saint, with Rajiv Mohabir. He earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan and an MFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He currently serves as Reviews/Interviews Editor for GASHER Journal. Recent poetry is forthcoming or published in The Georgia Review, Indiana Review, Pigeon Pages, Landfall (NZ), Redivider, Boulevard Magazine, Tin House, The Offing, Adroit, Waxwing, and elsewhere.

Born in Ohio, Rushi has called Michigan, Colorado, New York home, and is a recent immigrant to Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand with his partner, singer Tessa Romano. Rushi has served as a Career Advisor at the University of Michigan, a Curriculum Developer and Co-Founder at an education based start-up, Assistant Director of Career Services at NYU, and Teacher of Creative Writing and Psychology at the University level.

His current research is interested in the intersections between ritual and poetry, particularly in relation to colonization and decolonial practices. In particular, he is interested in ritual as a behavioral form through which to connect to cultural inheritances, and to question complicity in colonial systems. In addition to critical research, he is engaged in a practice of creative rituals.

Upcoming Events

Arrowtown Launch for A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (AUP)
- 9th June 2021, Lakes District Museum and Gallery, 7pm
Ōtepoti Dunedin Book Launch for A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (AUP)
- 10th June 2021, Dunedin Public Library (Moray Place), 6pm
Invercargill Launch for A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (AUP)
- 11th June 2021, He Waka Tuia, 6pm

Contact

Email: rvyas2 [at] gmail [dot] com

Instagram: rushivyaspoet

rushi vyas

Poet, Writer Available Now: Between Us, Not Half a Saint with Rajiv Mohabir (in Print and e-Book) Poetry Collection When I Reach For Your Pulse (Forthcoming, Four Way Books, 2023)

Poems and Publications

Selected Poems

Musical Collaborations

Prose

Video/Audio

Honors

Facilitation

Teacher / Career Coach / Curriculum Developer

Bio

Upcoming Events

Contact

Poet, Writer
Available Now: Between Us, Not Half a Saint with Rajiv Mohabir
(in Print and e-Book)

Poetry Collection When I Reach For Your Pulse
(Forthcoming, Four Way Books, 2023)