Pramila Venkateswaran presents Two Poems
A poet and sage voice in international literature, Pramila Venkateswaran straddles two worlds, bringing together South Asia and America.
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Sonnet Mondal: Three Poems
Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."
Waqas Khwaja—Two Poems from No One Waits for the Train
The poetry of Waqas Khwaja captures in image, narrative voice, and personal memory the terrible beauty of an innocence now lost.
The Failure of Postcolonial Modernity in Siddhartha Deb’s Light
Anis Shivani finds that Siddhartha Deb's "outright denial of human agency sets him apart from even the most dire modernists."
Sudeep Sen
TMR presents one of India’s most prized poets with four poems from his latest, "Red."
Salman Rushdie’s Victory City: a Novel in Search of an Empire
Pushcart winner Anis Shivani reviews the latest novel by Salman Rushdie, who survived a nightmarish knife attack at Chautauqua last summer.
Three Poems by Tishani Doshi
Madras, Indian-born poet, writer, and dancer Tishani Doshi presents three of her latest poems.
Faces Hidden in the Dust by Ghalib—Two Ghazals
Tony Barnstone and Bilal Shaw present their book of Ghabib ghazals, translated from the Urdu.
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”
Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.