Wanderings: An Anthology of Anglophone Nepali Diaspora Poetry - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1774152045 ISBN 13 : 9781774152041

Editeur : Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd., 2025

Synopsis

Wanderings: An Anthology of Anglophone Nepali Diaspora Poetry is a groundbreaking collection that brings together the distinct voices of poets who trace their roots to Nepal yet live, write, and dream in the diaspora. The anthology brings together a montage of cultural memory, displacement, and reimagined belonging, and paints a vivid portrait of the in-betweenness of diasporic lives. Melding global literary currents with Nepali cultural threads, the poems explore themes of home, nostalgia, exile, and identity, while experimenting with a range of forms--from free verse and sonnets to ghazals, lyrical meditations, and ekphrasis. Through personal yet universal reflections, poets in Wanderings bridge the gap between local Nepali heritage and world literature, offering a clear entry point for those who wish to understand, teach, or experience the unfolding story of Nepali writing in English. This collection serves as both an intimate lens into Nepali culture and a testament to the power of poetry to transcend borders. The anthology, including a detailed introduction about Nepali diasporic writing, stands as an essential addition to the global poetry scene, ensuring that the Anglophone Nepali diasporic voices resonate in contemporary literary conversations everywhere.

The poets featured in this collection, listed alphabetically, include Pushparaj Acharya, Rohan Chhetri, Mukul Dahal, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Anuja Ghimire, Saraswoti Lamichhane, Mukahang Limbu, Nabin K Chhetri, Samyak Shertok, and Y B Shakya.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Asma Sayed is the Canada Research Chair in South Asian Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, BC. She specializes in postcolonial and diasporic literatures in the context of narratives of exile and displacement from South Asia and East Africa. Her interdisciplinary research is informed by feminist and critical race studies and focuses on marginalization of gendered and racialized people as represented in literature, film, and media. Her publications include six books and numerous articles in a range of periodicals, anthologies, and academic journals.

Pushparaj Acharya has published poetry collections in Nepali, and one in English, Dream Catcher (Vajra, 2012). His Nepali translation of Jean-Claude Carrière's and Peter Brook's play The Conference of the Birds was performed in India and Nepal. He has written screenplays for films and made documentaries on art, culture, and food. Pushpa is also a literary scholar and has taught in universities in Canada and Nepal. He lives in Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1774152045
• ISBN 13: 9781774152041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Éditeur: Sayed Asma, Acharya Pushparaj
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible