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The Gypsy Goddess: three reviews

Posted on May 10, 2014 by W N Herbert

Meena’s first novel is out and receiving excellent reviews. Here is a particularly thoughtful and informative piece by Sumana Mukherjee which discusses the style as well as the subject. Here’s the Tuppence review, and here, via the power of photography, … Continue reading →

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Losers Reunited

Posted on June 20, 2011 by W N Herbert

Soon several if not all of the writers who gathered at Adishakti’s famous Losers’ Table to fling fruit at each other and draw menacing tattoos on their arms in biro will be reunited at a couple of readings. First up … Continue reading →

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Zoe’s translations of Roselyne’s poems

Posted on March 6, 2011 by roselynesibille

At the workshop, I gave Zoe six poems, which were not part of the set of fourteen poems circulated among the group. These are distinctly different and I wanted to share Zoe’s translations of them here. ____ Place your cheek … Continue reading →

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Zoe en Francais

Posted on February 9, 2011 by W N Herbert

Here’s Roselyne’s translation of Raphael’s Zoe (not, incidentally, the same as our Zoe, though this confusion was certainly explouited in performance). I’ll update this with the German original once I have time to dig it out. Forgive me if the … Continue reading →

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Roman envy

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Meena Kandasamy

I envy all of you who can type your poetry and it’s translation in the Roman script. Please wait a while for me to get my Tamil in typing order.

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