Vivek Shraya Books in Order

Twenty-one short stories follow a child of Indian origin through questions of sexuality, gender, religion, and belonging. Family expectations and an unsafe school environment complicate the search for identity, while faith and curiosity offer forms of refuge.

A queer young man's coming of age in Canada intertwines with stories of Hindu deities in this illustrated novel. Questions about sexuality, bodily identity, self-esteem, and love unfold alongside mythological narratives about Parvati, Shiva, and Ganesha.

Vivek Shraya’s poetry examines skin, racial identity, and the everyday language of racism. Moving between different forms and styles, the collection makes familiar exclusions visible and challenges the barriers that prevent people from understanding the experiences of racialized lives.

A young South Asian boy becomes fascinated by the bindi his mother wears and asks for one himself. Her explanation of its cultural significance opens a conversation about identity, curiosity, and the freedom to express himself.

Shraya reflects on the masculinity she was pressured to perform as a child and the fears she experiences as a trans woman. Personal encounters with misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia frame her examination of gender expectations and difference.

This graphic work transforms transphobic hate mail sent to Vivek Shraya and her responses into a collaboration with illustrator Ness Lee. Satire and surrealism explore online harassment from the perspectives of both its target and perpetrator.

A viral cover of Neela Devaki's song brings her together with internet musician RUK-MINI. Their friendship develops under the pressures of the music industry, until jealousy and a single tweet ignite a public conflict over visibility and artistic success.

Vivek Shraya’s autobiographical solo play follows her pursuit of musical fame from shopping-mall performances to disappointed ambitions. Reflecting on pop culture and self-determination, she considers how failure can reshape dreams and lead toward a voice that feels her own.

Drawing on childhood influences and a career across art, music, writing, and performance, Vivek Shraya explores reinvention. Her reflections consider why people fear change, what makes them pursue it, and how habits and expectations can hold them in place.

After Sarah Munroe’s public suicide sparks a movement against an oppressive regime, authorities classify all women as hystericals. Her sister Kennedy confronts grief and guilt while escalating repression forces her to decide how to survive and respond to Sarah’s legacy.