{"product_id":"everything-begins-elsewhere-tishani-doshi-9781556594427","title":"Everything Begins Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Free of the habitual lyricism of Indian writers, [Doshi's] work is austere and beautiful. Her refreshing muscularity gives her a distinct voice, both as a woman and an Indian.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe London Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A work of a striking, emerging talent, who is prepared to take risks in pursuit of sensual, emotionally engaged and passionate poetry.\"--Judge's citation, Forward Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her second book of poetry--and her American debut--Tishani Doshi returns to the body as a central theme, while extending beyond the corporeal to challenge the more metaphysical borders of space and time. These new poems are powerful meditations born on the joineries of life and death, union and separation, memory and dream, where lovers speak to each other across the centuries and daughters wander into their mothers' childhoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"After the Rains\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the rains\u003cbr\u003ethe temple flowers\u003cbr\u003elie like fallen soldiers--\u003cbr\u003edirtied and bloodied pink.\u003cbr\u003eI want to get down\u003cbr\u003eon bended knee, \u003cbr\u003egather each broken petal\u003cbr\u003eto my chest.\u003cbr\u003eOut there--\u003cbr\u003ewhere the river meets\u003cbr\u003ethe ocean's mouth, \u003cbr\u003eit would be called\u003cbr\u003ethe kiss of life, \u003cbr\u003ea resuscitation.\u003cbr\u003eBut here\u003cbr\u003ewith the world washed clean, \u003cbr\u003eit is nothing but a trampling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTishani Doshi\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, journalist, and dancer. She has written for newspapers such as the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hindu Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2010), has been translated into several languages. She lives in Chennai (Madras), India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tishani Doshi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556594429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Tishani Doshi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986957238527,"sku":"9781556594427","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58496ea3-1dc3-42f0-b27d-bd2d0ba8afd2.jpg?v=1683286158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everything-begins-elsewhere-tishani-doshi-9781556594427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}