Come, let us introduce you to our top 10 selection of books that will take you around Britain’s capital, London, through literature. A multicultural city with a multitude of ideas teeming from each of its vibrant neighborhoods, London is hard to put into a category. This historical city has piqued everyone’s imagination at some point…
Author: Aditi Bhattacharjee
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine (Review): The Fine-print in the Greatest Democracy of the World
In this review, the author dives into the series of personal essays in “Just Us: An American Conversation” to better understand the dialogue around the personal and political when it comes to black lives in America. Claudia Rankine is an American poet, essayist and playwright. She has written five collections of poetry and two plays,…
Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (Review): Exploring the Semantics of Hurt and Violence
Dive into the debut poetry collection, Whereas, by Layli Long Soldier, and learn how the poet voices the Indigenous People’s struggles against politicians in this review. In a time when much of the world is on fire, what does it mean to resort to poetry? Is it an effective pursuit? Does it exact real change?…
The Best Works of Jhumpa Lahiri and Why You Should Read Them
Ahead of the publication of Lahiri’s latest work, Roman Stories, let us revisit her best publications to date and what sets them apart from other diasporic writers below. Jhumpa Lahiri is a Bengali-American writer best known for her stories about the Indian diaspora. Her family first moved to the UK, where she was born, and…
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (2015) by Ross Gay Review: Where Do You Go to Find Joy?
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (2015) is a personal and different kind of catalog directed at finding and understanding the joy arising from the mundane. Read our review of it below. Ross Gay’s book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (2015) is a collection of poems that explore the poetry of every day and weaves a sense of…
Explore the World: A Literary Tour Through Paris in 10 Books
Come, let us introduce you to our top 10 selection of books that will introduce the French capital, Paris, through its words. Paris has long been an inspirational city, the destination of every person’s fantasy. Next only to New York or perhaps preceding it in some cases, the city is the romantic dream, a literary…