International Dickens Medal for Six Feet Distance: Recognition for Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee by Dr Gunjan Agarwal
review of Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee’s Six Feet Distance by Dr. Gunjan Agarwal and the conferment of the International Dickens Medal
poetry and writing
Chamber of Sodium by Rajendra Ojha (Nayan)
modernist satire from Nepal
Freedom from Rush Hour by Sushant Thapa
poem from Nepal
Four Poems by Nabakumar Podder
poems by Nabakumar Podder
Poetry Like a Forgotten Handkerchief: Reading Sushant Thapa’s The Walking Rebel by Wani Nazir
All of the pieces are emotional snapshots, some just a moment long and others stretching on like a season. Kind of philosophical, but actually quite literal. Somewhere where grief and joy don’t have to be sugar coated but can just be messy and even complicated, yet weirdly beautiful.
Two poems by Alec Solomita
Neighbors I know they think but I don’t know what. They know I drink but they don’t know why (neither do I). A rat lurks under their basement sink. My Babe She don’t care about the weather. She don’t care about the news. And when I watch the ballgame, she don’t care if my team […]Read Post ›
Arrivederci: The Journey Continues by Amrita Valan, written by Candice Louisa Daquin
Candice Louisa Daquin review of Amrita Valan’s Arrivederci: The Journey Continues. Daquin writes, “Her candor and simple appreciation for all things. There is no pretention here, there are no clever self-conscious methods to gain traction. Just the simplicity of a writer’s life, laid bare.”
Pearl Harbour by Priyanka Banerjee
Poem on Pearl Harbour by Priyanka Banerjee
Drink Paint by Willie Smith
I wanna drink paint. Gallons of to-die-for lead base. Put color in the old GI. Experience room temperature good ice cream consistency. Taste a spike sledged through the throat, pin ya to the wall. I plan to drink till paint pupils orange pith white; skin gangrene early blackberry green. I wanna die from ochre, from […]Read Post ›
Book Review: A Box of Ticky-Tacky by Pranab Ghosh
Title: A Box of Ticky-Tacky Author: Somdatta Goswami Published by Chitrangi ISBN: 9789385783531(Paperback) First edition: September, 2016 Price: INR 200/- Reviewed by Pranab Ghosh A Box of Ticky-Tacky authored by Somdatta Goswami and published by Chitrangi is an assorted collection of ten prose pieces that many may like to call short stories. The […]Read Post ›
Transcendent Zero Press 