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Tag Archives: Poetry

October 3, 2017
by Neelima
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Readers can’t Digest-Week 152 (27-Sep to 3-Oct)

1. Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize Longlist: Historical Takes on Contemporary Issues 2. End of the postcard as country’s oldest publisher closes due to rise of selfies  3. The DSC PRIZE 2017 announces shortlist of five novels 4. The National Poetry Library launching a … Continue reading →

Categories: News | Tags: Cundill Prize Longlist, DSC Prize, HAWRAF, Poetry, postcard | Permalink

April 17, 2017
by Neelima
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W&P: NaPoWriMo 2017

April is National Poetry Writing Month, so instead of NaNoWriMo, you have NaPoWriMo. The idea is to write a poem every day throughout April. The NaPoWrMo website is the brainchild of Maureen Thorson, a poet who lives in Washington, DC.  She … Continue reading →

Categories: W&P, Writing | Tags: NaPoWriMo, Poetry, writing prompts | Permalink

June 13, 2016
by Neelima
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Sea of Stories and Golden Gate Verse @ BYOB Party in May 2016 (Part 1)

There was a nice spread of books at the BYOB Party in May. Akshay talked about Rushdie’s magical realism in Haroun and the Sea of Stories. To enjoy Rushdie’s writing, a minimal understanding of political and social realities is a … Continue reading →

Categories: BYOB Party | Tags: magical realism, Poetry, Salman Rusdhie, Vikram Seth | Permalink

June 2, 2016
by Neelima
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Happy Birthday and the Poet @ Link Wanderlust

I’ve always wondered about the annual birthday celebration, so popular once in Bollywood; not even one movie would stay clear of the joy-filled birthday. Birthdays have always been happy occasions. The one birthday celebration that shocked me out of it … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: Happy Birthday, Poetry, romantics | Permalink

May 16, 2016
by Neelima
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Spirituality and the Poetry of Bachchan the Bard @ BYOB Party in April 2016 (Part 2)

Have you read Part 1 yet? Lots of Indian writers featured at the BYOB Party this time. Vijay brought along a book from the  SriRamachandra mission series called Heart to Heart. The book is for the spiritually inclined and deals with … Continue reading →

Categories: BYOB Party | Tags: Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Hindi literature, Poetry, Spirituality | Permalink

February 25, 2016
by Neelima
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Can Poetry be Dead? @ Link Wanderlust

Although poetry is popular, it’s very niche. This is a relatively new phenomenon, Michael Lind says in his essay The Re-Enchantment of Poetry in The Smart Set. Poetry has always been a favorite, the precursor of song, poetry has a … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: Poetry, rap, spoken word poetry | Permalink

October 19, 2015
by Neelima
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Flying Kites and the Language of Poetry @ BYOB Party in September 2016 (Part 3)

Vaishali, who co-hosted the party with us, was in search of August, the Month of Winds (Translated from the Russian by Raissa Bobrova). It was a book that she read when she was young, the kind of story that makes … Continue reading →

Categories: BYOB Party | Tags: Kamala Das, Mortimer Adler, Poetry, reading, translations | Permalink

September 26, 2014
by Neelima
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How to Read a Book (by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren) – Part 2

How to Read a Book (by Mortimer J.Adler and Charles Van Doren) – Part 1 I must admit that reading How to Read a Book is a test in itself- it is a very large book with an almost text … Continue reading →

Categories: Review and a Half, Reviews | Tags: Book, Charles Van Doren, Education, National Writing Project, Poetry, Reading (process), United States, Writing | Permalink

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