{"product_id":"my-city-is-a-murder-of-crows-poems-paperback","title":"My City is a Murder of Crows: poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikita Parik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHere is a book where a love of language doesn't turn into mere technique, where craft doesn't degenerate into mere cleverness, where self-awareness doesn't slide into mere self-consciousness. Nikita Parik's poems map cities and bodies, journeying past exoskeleton to hushed interior, leaving a welter of poignant images in their wake-an itr-seller 'with old eyes', a mouth that is 'an Indian balcony during the months of \u003ci\u003esaawan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ebhaado\u003c\/i\u003e', a city that becomes 'a stinking \u003ci\u003ehilsa\u003c\/i\u003e' in a passenger's tote bag. Warmly intelligent and tenderly alive, this is a book that holds many 'promises'-and not just in the 'future tense'. - \u003cb\u003eArundhathi Subramaniam\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNikita Parik\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Master's in Linguistics, a three-year diploma in French, and another Master's in English. \u003ci\u003eDiacritics o\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ef Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) is her debut book of poems, followed by \u003ci\u003eAmour and Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), a novel in translation. Published in India and overseas, she is the recipient of the \u003ci\u003eMukti Bose Memorial IPPL Young Poet Award 2022\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the \u003ci\u003eNissim Excellence in Writing Award 2020.\u003c\/i\u003e Nikita currently edits the \u003ci\u003eEKL Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47439952478386,"sku":"9789391431426","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ae1bc84b5eb48f6583afcac75b8b7577.webp?v=1778675268","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/my-city-is-a-murder-of-crows-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}