Nikita Parik
Caked in mud
caged in faith
prayers keep me alive
108 names but
I recognize none
(“Devi 2.0”)
The binaries of personal and public must be subverted when seemingly personal concerns voiced through personal expressions transcend to achieve a universality of sorts. In her debut poetry book, Apostrophe, Barnali Ray Shukla’s versification of seemingly...
Paperback: 86 pages
Publisher: Five Oaks Press (August 13, 2017)
Language: English
Price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 1944355367
ISBN-13: 978-1944355364
Reviewed by: Pramila Tripathi
The Temple She Became by Rachel Custer is the poet’s debut book, consisting 61 poems. Going through her poems will present the readers before a world of her time spent in Indiana, which she...
Publisher: Dhauli Books (2018)
ISBN-10: 8193604741
ISBN-13: 978-8193604748
Price: 350 INR
Reviewed by:Koushik Sen
The first thing that would catch your eye while you leaf through the pages of this book is the sharp, post-apocalyptic images that have been ruthlessly painted by the poet with a dash of his uncanny wit. When you read...
Publisher: Red River (2018)
ISBN-10: 8193613066
ISBN-13: 978-8193613061
Price: 300 INR
Reviewed by: Koushik Sen
Namrata Pathak’s book of poems, that’s how Mirai eats a pomegranate, although has myriad patterns, raises itself in a kind of impasto, that has the jump scare effect by a behemoth. Sometimes, this figure is invoked with an uncanny...