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The Adulterous Citizen: Poems, Stories, Essays
Contributor(s): Doshi, Tishani (Author)
ISBN: 099622422X     ISBN-13: 9780996224222
Publisher: House of Nehesi
OUR PRICE:   $19.00  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Poetry
Dewey: 811
LCCN: 2015936853
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.4" (0.30 lbs) 136 pages
 
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Poetry. Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Women's Studies. Travel. This is an exploration into an obsession. THE ADULTEROUS CITIZEN contemplates the feeling of belonging, while yearning for the seduction of elsewhere. Tishani Doshi guides us through the streets of Cartagena, the seaside of Madras, and the bronze cliffs of Wales; through arcane museums and into strangers' houses; her poems, short stories and essays take us on a train ride across India into self-discovery and a teenager's failed escape on the American Road, into a house of childhood ghosts, and on a journey of a delusional widow in the Himalayas. Travelling along are those abstract countries of memory and the imagination--the author's constant companions, and the reason why she writes at all: because she just won't shut up

Contributor Bio(s): Doshi, Tishani: - Tishani Doshi is an award-winning poet, journalist, and dancer. She's the author of the acclaimed novel, The Pleasure Seekers (2010), the poetry collection EVERYTHING BEGINS ELSEWHERE (Copper Canyon Press, 2013), and THE ADULTEROUS CITIZEN POEMS STORIES ESSAYS (House of Nehesi Publishers, 2015). Doshi's book Countries of the Body won the Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection in the UK. Her articles have appeared in newspapers such as the Guardian, International Herald Tribune, The Hindu, The Weekend Financial Times, Vogue, Elle, and The New York Times. Tishani Doshi now divides her time between a village by the sea in South India, and elsewhere.