maya surya pillay

About

a poet.

born in durban, south africa, in 1997. currently a medical student at the university of cape town.

writing about coolitude, lesbianism, mental illness, death, family, the internet, femininity, bodies and secrets.

writing

"two dreams" in new contrast issue 196, december 2021

"the kindly ones" in isele magazine, oct 2020

"wrist" and "about me" in new coin, 2018 issue 1

"mouth", "desire" and "[t̪ɐmɨɻ]" in the johannesburg review of books, oct 2018

"millenial porn poem" in type/cast, june 2017

"coolie reads knausgaard" in ja. magazine, edition 13, march 2017 ; this poem was also part of the exhibition "in bloom" at the KZNSA gallery

"an elegy for the heterosexuals in medical school" in q-zine, 2017

"rhodes! rhodes! rhodes!" in afridiaspora's my africa my city anthology, nov 2016

things i wrote when i was still a kid:

"saltyface" in aerodrome, jun 2015

"cecille and her sister" in crossed genres issue 19 , jul 2014

"a child was" + "a girl ... she" in yggdrasil vol xxii, issue 3, no 251, march 2014

"omnipresence" in the american poetry review, vol 42 no 4 jul/aug 2013