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& yes, my family did raise me right. Yes, / they cleaned their bones & cracked them clean / open to suck. Would fight over cartilage & knuckle/Sip the marrow’s nectar from urn. .
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Some people say dreams are a glimpse into an alternate reality.
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Telling a human story, with individuals experiencing the effects of an actual political issue—that’s my part in shaking the ground.
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Manash Bhattacharjee reviews Suvir Kaul’s Of Gardens and Graves today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Nazir lies buried in the mind’s forbidden faraways, on the margin of the village graveyard, obscured by nettle.
...moreKashmir was supposed to hold its very first literary festival at the end of September, but preempting violence from organizers and growing fears have unfortunately postponed the event. Salman Rushdie occupies contentious author-space overseas. His novel, The Satanic Verses was banned over in India. The rumors suggesting he was going to speak at the Kashmir […]
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