Heliotropia

By (author): Manahil Bandukwala

“Where fear collides with the little shield of love.”

Manahil Bandukwala’s second collection of poems is a meditation on love during times of social and political upheaval. As a sunflower’s growth reaches toward the sun, so, she suggests, is a lover’s growth compelled by the gravitational pull and soul-light of their beloved. Many of these poems are in conversation with other poets and artists, creating a lineage of call and response. Against a backdrop of terrestrial crisis, come, spend your precious minutes in love’s Heliotropia, where we are magnetized by the unfathomable dark matter of another person, and know ourselves as celestial bodies flowering in spacetime, together.

“Intergalactic yet deeply earthly, intertextual yet wonderfully original…”
– Mikko Harvey, author of Let the World Have You

AUTHOR

Manahil Bandukwala

Manahil Bandukwala (she/her) is a poet and visual artist. She is the author of MONUMENT, and many chapbooks. She enjoys working collaboratively, and in addition to Reth aur Reghistan, frequently collaborates with other writers, musicians, and artists in Canada. She holds an MA in English from the University of Waterloo and in 2023, was selected as a Writer’s Trust Rising Star by Shani Mootoo. manahilbandukwala.com.  

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“ltpgtManahil Bandukwalas poems are curious heartfelt joyfilled expeditions through rainstorms and supernovas alternate realities and past lives or sometimes simply through the park on a walk with a dear friend Intergalactic yet deeply earthly intertextual yet wonderfully original Heliotropia is a place where fear collides with the little shield of love and love prevailsltbrgt Mikko Harvey author of ltigtLet the World Have YoultigtltpgtltpgtLike a daylilys petals turn to the sun so Manahil Bandukwalas lyric angles against all odds to face the fervid beloved Through archives of space and scripture music and made magic ltigtHeliotropialtigt offers a threshold for the reader a portal to step over and through is to embark on a spiritual journey into loves fathomless matrices In intertextual poems as cosmic as they are botanic and tactile Bandukwala invites readers to surrender to intimacy Love is worth loving we are reminded and against all odds alternative endings or origins the best is what we have Here is a collection that grounds and glorifies every invocation at once a flame a sun a psalmltbrgt Sarah Ghazal Ali author of ltigtTheophaniesltigtltpgt”

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Details

Dimensions:

112 Pages
8.50in * 5.75in * .25in
170.00gr

Published:

September 16, 2024

Publisher:

Brick Books

ISBN:

9781771316347

Book Subjects:

POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica

Language:

eng

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