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Author: Nagra, DaljitPoetry by individual poetsPublished on 12 September 2024 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 176 pages130 x 198 x 21 | 206g
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICEA cast of Indic-heritage poets meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian styles on subjects as various as the Indian poet Nissim Ezekiel, Shakespearean comedy, Under Milk Wood, The Simpsons and Newcastle United.Daljit Nagras mock epic scrutinises the legacies of Empire and issues such as power and status, casteism and colourism, mimicry and mockery. What is Britishness now? How can humour help us survive hardship? The result is a capacious talkie/poem/play of resistance and redress whose ludic structures defy boundaries: a story of intertextual and misplaced identities, gods and miracles, celluloid tragedy and blushing romantic desire amid an awkwardly rolling cricket ball and rioting poodles.
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