TALKING POETRY


Talkin Poetry showcases the works of poets from South Asia and South East Asia.
All poems presented in this section are with the express permission of the writers.

Talking Poetry is edited by Priya Sarukkai Chabria, poet and novelist. The Other Garden, (1995) and Dialogue and Other Poems (2005 reprint 2006) are among her publications. Her next novel Generation 14 is in press with Zubaan. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Adelphiana, Atlas, Drunken Boat, Soundings, The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Voices from the East and archived at www.anothersubcontinent.com and HOW2. She's at www.priyawriting.com

OPEN SPACE POETRY EVENTS/BOOK LAUNCHES/SEMINARS

Launch of anthology Open Spaces: 50 Poets 50 Poems by The PEN All -India Centre, Mumbai >>

Launch of anthology Open Spaces: 50 Poets 50 Poems in Delhi on 24th July >>

Link to Open Space - Sahitya Akademi seminar cum book launch >>

Link to launch of 'All Poetry is Protest' >>

BOOK LAUNCHES

Atlas Book Launch >>

Launch of Seeking The Beloved, Sufi poetry by Shah Abdul Latif, translated by Anju Makhija and Hari Dilgir >>

Launch of  3 volumes of Indian Contemporary Play series in English, edited by Alok Bhalla and Anju Makhija, published by Sahitya Akademi >>

Launch of noted poet, Dilip Chitre's poetry anthology, 'As Is Where Is' at Open Space >>

New@talkingpoetry

Poetics and Criticism New
Essay by Bruce King from  Modern Indian Poetry in English (revised edition) published by Oxford University Press, courtesy OUP

Keki Daruwalla on Kathleen Raine's Poetics New

Aryanil Mukherjee New

M K Ajay New

Imtiaz Dharker New

From Red Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women's Poetry.  Edited by Rishma Dunlop & Priscila Uppal

Travelers, Like Us: An Introduction to Red Silk

Sandeep Sanghera

Hiro Boga

Danielle Lagah

Rishma Dunlop

Priscila Uppal

New
Audio recordings of readings of poems from the the anthology, 'Poetry with Young People' edited by eminent poet Gieve Patel.

Reading by actor Tom Alter

Recording of readings by Gieve Patel from a selection of his poems on 'Talking Poetry'.


 

 

INDEX

Adil Jussawalla
Aditi Thorat
Alamgir Hashmi
AmanNath
Amit Chaudhuri
Anand Thakore - (Audio link)
Anindita Sengupta
Annie Zaidi
Anjum Hasan
Anju Makhija
Arundhathi Subramaniam
A.J.Thomas
A.K.Mehrotra
Aseem Kaul
Barry Scott
Bina Sarkar Ellias
Bruce King
C P Surendran
Deepa Agarwal
Deepankar Khiwani
Deepti Naval
Dilip Chitre
Eunice de Souza
Gieve Patel
GJV Prasad
George Szirtes
Indran Amirthanayagam
Jam Ismail
Jane Bhandari
Jayanta Mahapatra
Jeet Thayil
K. Satchidanandan
Kamala Das
Karthika Nair
Keki Daruwalla
Kuldip Gill
Kurdish poems, translated by Omid Varzandeh - Audio linkKynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Lidia Bravo
Mamang Dai
Mani Rao
Marilyn Noronha
Meena Alexander
Meena Kandaswamy
Moeen Faruqi
Mukta Sambrani
Mythri Surendra
Nakul Krishna
Peter Griffin

Priya Sarukkai Chabria - (Audio link)
R Raj Rao

Randhir Khare
Ranjit Hoskote
Ravi Shankar
Rukmini Bhaya Nair - (Audio link)
Sampurna Chattarji
Saleem Peeradina
Sridala Swami

Stephanos Stephanides
Steven Grieco
S S Prasad
Sudeep Sen
Sukrita Paul Kumar
Sushil Sivaram
Tabish Khair
Temsula Ao
Tenzin Tsundue

Tishani Doshi
Vijay Nambisan
Vivek Narayanan

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ESSAYS INDEX

 

Adil Jussawalla's verse narrative, 'War'

A way to belong: Reflections on the writer and the self -Randhir Khare

Thin Ice and The Midnight Skaters - TS Eliot Memorial Prize lecture by George Szirtes

The Cherry Blossom in Heian Waka Poetry by Teppei Yamada and Steven Grieco

An Indian Poet in Jerusalem: Dom Moraes and Israeli Culture: Essay by Shalom Goldman

Kala Ghoda Poems: Essay by Anjali Nerlekar

Poetics of Dislocation: Essay by Meena Alexander

The Peace of Grass: Essay by Tabish Khair 

Poetry: Protest, Dissent and Subversion: Essay by Keki Daruwalla

Leaving Babel At The Gates: Writers, Personas And Cyberspace: Essay by Sridala Swami