Knotted Grief (Paperback)  | Released: 20 Feb 2022

In his first book of poems, renowned publisher Naveen Kishore shows us-without holding back, and yet with compassion-grief, deep and bewildering;cruelties, public and private. He lays bare the nature of our outer and inner realities, using striking symbolism to reveal what humans are capable of doing to each other. The early part of the collection, ?Kashmiriyat?, is a visceral monument to shadows, widows and unlived lives, constructed with one hundred and five stanzas. In the ?selected griefs? that follow, the wounds are intimate, everyday, but the images remind us of the world?s brutalities-and what, then, is innocent? By depicting large-scale human tragedies and familiar habits and hurts within the same covers, the poet tests himself, and us. About the Author Born in Calcutta in 1953, Naveen Kishore received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1973, and began working as a theatre lighting designer. He established Seagull Books in 1982, a publishing programme focusing on drama, film, art and culture studies. Today, it also publishes literature, including poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Kishore is the recipient of the Goethe Medal, a Chevalier de l?Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and was awarded the 2021 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature. He lives and works in Calcutta.