Chitra Kalyani — Excerpt: A series of poems trace the body—breasts and spine, eye and tooth—reconciling it with its nature: physical, biological, mortal.
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The Meta-Eco in Vinita Agrawal’s The Hour of God
Alka Balain — Excerpt: The Hour of God opens with a sacred invocation to wholeness from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and this invocation sets the tone of the collection.
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A Joycean Romp through Belfast: Hanna Nielson’s Did You Pay the Piper Man?
Mark Mullan — Excerpt: Hanna Nielson’s debut is a joyous Joycean romp through a single wintery night in post-Troubles Belfast that asks: If all of life is a play, do we write our own lines?
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A Kaleidoscope of Memories: Anjana Basu’s The House the Press Built
Vijayluxmi Bose — Excerpt: The Press published Gitanjali, Shishu Bharati, and the iconic magazine Saraswati, which gave rise to the colloquial Hindi that is spoken to date in Northern India.
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The Call of the Hills: Ruskin Bond’s Scenes from the Magic Mountain
Anjana Basu — Excerpt: Bond left the hills as little as he could, and the foothills of the Himalayas, with their myths and natural beauty, form the backdrop of his writing.