Prasanthi Ram
Prasanthi Ram
Dr Prasanthi Ram is a full-time writing lecturer at Nanyang Technological University. Her debut short story cycle Nine Yard Sarees (2023) won the Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) for English Fiction this year, and was also shortlisted for SLP’s “Best Debut” category and Singapore Book Awards’ “Best Literary Work” category. Her short stories have been published in The Willowherb Review and Best Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five (2022), while her essays can be found in Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore (2021) and The Serangoon Times (2024) among others. She co-founded and is the prose editor of Mahogany Journal, which spotlights South Asian writers born or based in Singapore.
Appearing In
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ACWP Practitioners Conference 2 Nov 2024 Room: The Forehead |
[Panel] You Think You Know? Think Again: Varied NarrativesTheophilus Kwek, Meihan Boey, and Prasanthi Ram delve into the ‘face’ as a symbol of identity, perception, and transformation. They look at how various narrative forms—poetry, mythology, and the short story cycle—reveal the multifaceted nature of characters and their identities. Speakers: Theophilus Kwek, Meihan Boey, Prasanthi Ram Face to Face(s): Encountering the Short Story Cycle’s Infinite Possibilities Prasanthi Ram explores how the short story cycle, by rejecting the novel’s “fixed centrality” (Driss 60), serves as an ideal genre for delving into a character’s multifaceted nature. Through an analysis of her debut work, Nine Yard Sarees (2023), she demonstrates in this practice-led research paper how the short story cycle is particularly useful in presenting contradictory or difficult characters who may intentionally construct facades of themselves to deflect accountability or blame. |