A chapbook of limited edition poems. Gold-embossed, hand-stitched and hand-bound
with hand-woven sari cloth. Published by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Workshop
Publisher and Calligrapher: P. Lal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purushottama_Lal
Some other points of note.
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti liked it. He thought it looked Persian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti
– 'It deserves a second read,' an Irish critic proclaimed, upon assurance of anonymity,
and brilliantly resisted the urge to do so.
commemorating the pioneering press' 50th anniversary. A 'who's who' of Indian poets
writing in English. And me. Sorry, literature. Edited by Rubana Huq. http://bit.ly/2lnQURH
– Four poems were published online by minima:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/44027679/mi-ni-ma.
– Four pieces were read live for Wake Up And Smell The Poetry,
Hopkinton Public Access TV, Hopkinton (US).
– Two pieces were read at The Poetry Shack in Athens (US).
– Two or three pieces were taught in a freshman English Lit class
at the University of Georgia, Athens (US).
– Generous shelf space was provided by the following purveyors
of fine words in the US. A big Thank You to them all.
Brick Walk Bookshop, West Hartford
Brookline Booksmith, Brookline
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Cambridge*
Thar Treasures, Jamaica Plain
Wellesley Booksmith, Wellesley
*The oldest continuously run poetry bookshop in the US. Some 95 years old. Go Grolier.
https://www.grolierpoetrybookshop.org/
Photographer: Bruce Rogovin – https://www.rogovin.com/
Cheers for checking it out.
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