Asishey Uranw doesn’t write to impress. He writes to survive. His debut book Porcelain: Naps for Vamps Lullabies is the kind of work that slips under your skin without warning. It reads like a quiet disturbance, something that startles you awake and then stays in your system long after you close the page. The book leans into soft experimental poetry, but what it’s really exploring is the weight of grief, the echo of loneliness, and the strange comfort that art can bring when life feels unrecognizable.
Here’s the thing. Asishey’s work isn’t built from theory or craft alone. It grows from the intensity of his lived experiences. He has seen darkness up close, watched life turn without warning, and learned to translate that emotional debris into something meaningful. His childhood was shaped by a family carrying more than their share of struggle, and those early fractures naturally seep into his writing. But he never treats them as drama. He treats them as truth. And that truth gives his poems their edge.
As a writer, poet, filmmaker, and musician from Ranchi, he moves freely across creative mediums. What this really means is that he uses every form he can to turn imagined worlds into something real. The characters and voices he once created to feel less alone have now found a place in the minds of readers who understand the heaviness he writes about.
Porcelain is not a gentle read. It is raw, intimate, and emotionally charged. It makes you sit with feelings you might prefer to ignore. But that is exactly its strength. Asishey isn’t offering comfort. He is offering honesty. And in its own way, that honesty becomes a kind of lullaby for those who have lived through their own quiet battles.
📖 Book Title: Porcelain: Naps for Vamps Lullabies
🏆 Awards: 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award
📍 From: Ranchi, India
📸 Instagram: @asisheyuranw
