Listen to Ranudi Gunawardena read “Girl Cousins, Pixelated” from Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25). For this poem, Ranudi was honored as the runner-up of the Sita Martin Prize for Shō No. 6.
You can also read Ranudi’s poem here.
Ranudi Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan poet whose work explores the wombscape, childhood in rural landscapes, and the uncanny in nature, among others. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as Action, Spectacle; Equatorial; Kopi Collective; Magma; Samfiftyfour; and Wachana. She studies at Williams College.
This poem is featured in Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).
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