{"product_id":"beyond-the-scent-of-sorrow-sweta-srivastava-vikram-9781615990986","title":"Beyond the Scent of Sorrow","description":"Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, blogger, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a fiction novel, and an upcoming nonfiction book of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries in three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, Sweta reads her work across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She also teaches creative writing workshops. Sweta lives in New York City with her husband. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout this chapbook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Scent of Sorrow delves into the challenges faced by women on a global level. The eucalyptus trees in southwest Portugal are used as an archetype to symbolically elicit the challenges women face in today's world. Boldly, the poems which are lyrical, literal, short, and succinct, profess the unkind capabilities of mankind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoets and Critics praise \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Scent of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sweta's poetic voice flows like water smoothing and shaping stones. With great skill she uncovers, sometimes tenderly and other times more forcefully, the shroud of fog surrounding the feminine archetype... she has created and nurtured a garden, a wordscape, in which trust and healing can flourish.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Nick Purdon, author of The Road-shaped Heart \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sweta Srivastava Vikram holds her work close. Fold it one way, a poem of loss appears. Fold it yet again for a poem of longing. Her work is as structurally sound as the elements. It soars with anticipation. Vikram reveals lovely and powerful poems that will long linger.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Doug Mathewson, Editor Blink-Ink \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e POE005060 Poetry: American - Asian American\u003cbr\u003e SOC028000 Social Science: Women's Studies - General\u003cbr\u003e SOC010000 Social Science: Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sweta Srivastava Vikram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1615990984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615990986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d","brand":"Sweta Srivastava Vikram","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439845486847,"sku":"9781615990986","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8954acd0-7886-45dc-b696-89e95f7c4c1c.jpg?v=1777179531","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-scent-of-sorrow-sweta-srivastava-vikram-9781615990986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}