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The World That Belongs To Us : An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia

By Akhil Katyal

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About the book

‘A bold and necessary correction to the subcontinent’s poetry canon.’ – Jeet Thayil This first-of-its-kind anthology brings together the best of contemporary queer poetry from South Asia, both from the subcontinent and its many diasporas.The anthology features well-known voices like Hoshang Merchant, Ruth Vanita, Suniti Namjoshi, Kazim Ali, Rajiv Mohabir as well as a host of new poets. The themes range from desire and loneliness, sexual intimacy and struggles, caste and language, activism both on the streets and in the homes, the role of family both given and chosen, and heartbreaks and heartjoins. Writing from Bangalore, Baroda, Benares, Boston, Chennai, Colombo, Dhaka, Delhi, Dublin, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, London, New York City, and writing in languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Manipuri, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and, of course, English, the result is an urgent, imaginative and beautiful testament to the diversity, politics, aesthetics and ethics of queer life in South Asia today.

Pages: 240

Available in: Hardback

Language: English

bold and necessary correction to the subcontinent’s poetry canon. - Jeet Thayil

… what we hold in our hands is a diverse collection of brilliance. This book is not interested in narrowing down what a poem is, and it is not interested in narrowing what identity can allow a poem to do! - Jericho Brown

These poems are rooms that lead us into secret chambers and then thrust us into the world, saying, “Listen to what needed listening to so long ago.” Is it any wonder then, that these poems are tender and fierce and all the colours in between? - Tishani Doshi

Poignant, sensual and witty, this anthology captures with great beauty and depth a multiplicity of queer experiences, both in South Asia and its diasporas. It does what poetry does best: takes us to the heart of emotionally powerful experiences and allows us to live vividly in them. - Shyam Selvadurai

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