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Two Women
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Johnny the Partisan
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Dangerous Liaisons
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A Farewell to Arms
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Grace Nichols – Lost in Translation
(por el espíritu de poesía en Medellín, Colombia)
As if the earth had shifted axis again
I walk the streets of your city, Medellín,
a hammock of...
Grace Nichols
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Grace Nichols – Passport to Here and There
RECLAIMING HER STORY THROUGH MEMORY
Chandramohan Sathyanathan engaging with the poetry of Grace Nichols
Grace Nichols is a major female voice and a widely read Anglophone...
Chandramohan Sathyanathan – A Posthumous Letter
I am a primate
dwelling in the wild forests
of my language.
My tongue lost irretrievably
in the swamp of hunger,
I hide amidst the barren rocks.
Your own selfie
sheds...
Chandramohan Sathyanathan
Chandramohan Sathyanathan alias Chandramohan S. (b.1986) is an Indian English language Dalit poet based in Trivandrum, Kerala. He has been published in many magazines...
