Book Review: It was a refreshing and amazing experience to read ‘I Am Soul’ by Yecheilyah Ysrayl who in my opinion is a wonderful poet of everything ‘Soul’. I am from Mumbai, India. In the eyes of the global world, I’m colored or a woman of color. I have read many books and articles about the way a woman of color is treated in society, especially in Indian society. … [Read more...] about ‘I am Soul: Poetry & Prose’ by Yecheilyah Ysrayl
Fiza Pathan
It’s been a long time since I’ve been blogging
Hello everyone! This is me insaneowl, aka Fiza Pathan! It’s been a real long while since I’ve last blogged here on this platform due to numerous reasons. But I don’t want to talk about all those reasons. I want to talk about what I talk about best and that is: books; so, what have I been reading these days? Well, first I read the tome 4321 penned by Paul Auster, which … [Read more...] about It’s been a long time since I’ve been blogging
‘Emerging from Shadows: Poetry’ by Balroop Singh
Book Review: After I read ‘Timeless Echoes’ by Balroop Singh, I was so in love with her therapeutic poems, that I went ahead and bought another book of poems penned by her in a span of a few hours. The poetry collection I chose this time was ‘Emerging from Shadows’ which is yet again therapeutic but very different from ‘Timeless Echoes’. ‘Timeless … [Read more...] about ‘Emerging from Shadows: Poetry’ by Balroop Singh
‘Timeless Echoes: Poetry’ by Balroop Singh:
Book Review I read ‘Timeless Echoes’ by Balroop Singh on my Kindle. It was a therapeutic read, a soothing balm to the spirit of a poetry lover. It took me an hour to finish the book, but I’m not done with the immense comfort I’ve felt reading these wonderful couplets about reminisces, unrequited love, mother’s love. et al. I was personally very stressed with … [Read more...] about ‘Timeless Echoes: Poetry’ by Balroop Singh:
‘The Mars Room’ by Rachel Kushner
Book Review: I managed to get all the 2018 Man Booker Prize Longlisted books via Waterstones in the U.K. It took some time getting here to Mumbai and throughout the wait I was sick with worry for my precious hardbacks. The day they arrived I was in a sort of heavenly bliss, they were all hardbacks! But like all typical avid book phoenixes, I didn’t get down to reading … [Read more...] about ‘The Mars Room’ by Rachel Kushner