I do not believe anyone ever contents themselves with working an alienated, meaning-bereft job, doing the same things week after week, struggling to pay bills, and seeing no possible end to the repetition of the same. You endure it and your human vitality is chipped away.

PERENNIAL: The Red River Book of 21st Century Hindi Poetry in Translation is finally out in PRINT slated to be launched Bengaluru Poetry Festival Festival '25. 40 Poets, 26 Translators, 5 Years. Please support a truly-run independent press by ordering a copy. Limited ARCs available, DM.

Cover reveal of my memoir, Nautch Boy. Pix is me channeling 80s Salma Agha tawaif vibes. Allah jaane kaun banega iss Salma ka Balma! Mother raised me in a kotha, where dreams dance to die. I went from a dancing boy to a writer. Have a ❤️ Pre-Order now. amazon.in/dp/9369891129

Hello! If you're in the US and you'd like an e-copy of my poetry book, please reach out :)

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歌川国芳 Utagawa Kuniyoshi ca.1840

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Chrissy Stegman ♥️🌕 from SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE IS FORGETTING YOU Day 12 - #SealeyChallenge Chrissy Stegman Alien Buddha Press (open for submissions) 🍉 The Sealey Challenge

new poem in the latest issue of Poetry Wales edited by Zoë Brigley grab a copy here:- poetrywales.co.uk/product-catego…

PERENNIAL's first feature Scroll.in. Huge thanks sayari 🇵🇸 & the Team. Translations by Tanuj Solanki (Tanuj Solanki), Carol D'Souza (carol), Vidya Bhandarkar, Dibyajyoti Sarma (Red River), Nidhi Singh & Tuhin Bhowal (Tuhin (तुहिन/তুহিন)). scroll.in/article/108500…

Happy Birthday Charles Causley

Lauren K. Watel 💙 from BOOK OF POTIONS (Sarabande Books) Day 25 - #SealeyChallenge Sarabande Books The Sealey Challenge

David Ruben Piqtoukun: Spirit Bear Possessing a Man’s Soul. Date: 1982; mottled green-grey stone with ivory inlay. Collection: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

if you’re proficient enough you can just decide you’re going to be friends with someone and hunt them down like an animal

spent a flight reading essays aloud with a loved one turns out learning together is its own form of intimacy. you pause, reflect, and hear each other’s thoughts in real time. highly recommend

it bothers me so much that there are so many songs i don’t know about that i might like so much

“the map is not the territory” ~ aranya my debut collection of poems is finally out there. ecstatic to be sharing these words with you :) coppercoin.co.in/product-page/t… with Copper Coin. Thankyou Ranjit Hoskote Kunjana Parashar & Sumana Roy