Title: Shimmer Spring: prose and poetry
Edited by Kiriti Sengupta
Binding: Hardbound (India) | Paperback (outside India)
ISBN: 9788194853848
Page count: 124
Price: INR 2500 | USD 35.99
Published by Hawakal Publishers (New Delhi | Calcutta)
Available at Amazon and Hawakal
Acclaimed poet Kiriti Sengupta curates 39 writers and poets from India, the United States, and the United Kingdom in a prose and poetry collection, titled Shimmer Spring. This all-color lavishly illustrated book explores the writers’ perception of light—how they intuit its source and proclaim their realizations. Sengupta, in his introduction to the anthology, writes, “It is imperative to recognize the light that allows a respite from prevailing darkness. Respite isn’t the right word, I guess. Radiance liberates us from the murkiness. One must remember, it’s the shimmer that sustains lucency.” Both emerging and established voices like Sudeep Sen, Sanjeev Sethi, Mamang Dai, Shikhandin, Tim Kahl, Alan Britt, Usha Akella, Joan Kwon Glass, among others, have been included in this coffee-table book. Backed by artist Pintu Biswas and designer Bitan Chakraborty, Shimmer Spring bears a significant archival value worthy of critical studies.
About Kiriti Sengupta
Kiriti Sengupta is the editor-in-chief of the Ethos Literary Journal (ELJ). He is also a translator and publisher from Calcutta and Delhi. He has been awarded the 2018 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for his contribution to literature. Sengupta has published eleven books of poetry and prose, two books of translation, and edited seven anthologies. His poems have been published at The Florida Review Online (Aquifer), The Common, Amethyst Review, Ink Sweat and Tears, Headway Quarterly, Moria Online, and elsewhere.