Carolene Kurien is a Malayali American poet from South Florida. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Miami, where she was a James Michener Fellow. A Tin House alum, her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Bennington Review, Salt Hill, Redivider, BOOTH, and elsewhere. She is an Honorable Mention for Bellevue Literary Review's 2024 Poetry Contest.
At MacDowell, Kurien worked on revising her debut poetry collection, which centers a Malayali American speaker navigating her sexual and romantic desires, mental health issues, and conflicting sense of personhood.
