devi s. laskar

NorCal Honolulu Atlanta New York

Poet, writer, artist, photographer, soccer mom, carpool expert, North Carolina native, and Tar Heel basketball and soccer disciple, former reporter.I've worked for newspapers in N.C., FL, Illinois, Hawaii and Georgia -- covering crime and government.My poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Mississippi Review, Madison Review, Raleigh Review, Tule Review, Hawai'i Pacific Review, North American Review, Blue Heron Review, Squaw Valley Review, Atlanta Review -- and I'm at work on a novel.I've created a website to promote awareness and help get justice for my husband, Dr. Joy Laskar, an inventor and professor who was academically mobbed by his former employer. Check out joylaskarstory.com, and you can find my personal essays "Collateral" and "Reading between the Lines" on Medium.com. I'm a regular on Facebook, Devi S. Laskar in Cupertino CA. If you employ twitter please come follow me at @devislaskar and get #JusticeForJoy #saynotoacademicmobbing

  • Work
    • self
  • Education
    • MFA Columbia University
    • MA in So. Asian Studies UIUC
    • BA in journalism & English UNC-CH