‘Branches Complicit with the Wind’ and other poems

Editor's Note Who is the “you” in these poems? If it is the poet Alicia…

‘Vampire’ and other poems

Editor's Note One poem chiseled and dramatic, one sprawling with digressions, and one like a…

‘The Cat and the Grasshopper’ and other poems

Editor's Note Speaking of a book he admired, “The Death of Virgil” by Hermann Broch,…

‘A Totem for Homo Zapping’ and other poems

Editor's Note Why must a person go through life, or even a day, with the…

‘Kheta-purana’

Editor's Note Renowned for his novel Bheda, Akhila Naik was a prolific Odia poet, although…