The Desire of the Hysteric

The Desire of the Hysteric

Tanuj Solanki attempts a psychoanalytic reading of Roberto Bolano’s Amulet.

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Ambedkar & The Annihilation of Caste

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Lakshmi Gopal studies Ambedkar’s legacy in the light of The Annihilation of Caste

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The Liberation of Art

The Liberation of Art

Vishnu Prasad documents his struggles as an artist through this series of works.

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Hopkins, A Suite of Voices

Gerard Manley Hopkins

This is a collaborative poem by one American and two Australian poets that explores Gerard Manley Hopkins’s philosophical themes found both in his poetry and in the personal struggles of his inner life.

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The Echo of Titus

The Echo of Titus

It was New Year’s Day at eight in the morning when I looked out the window, hung over and blurry-eyed, to see my neighbour, Ivy…

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Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

Homing “So, you like it?” Navin asked Puja as they got into the car. “Mansfield Park…” Puja tossed the name into the air. “It is…

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Uncle Bernie's House

Uncle Bernie’s House

I stepped into the living room of my Uncle Bernie’s modest bungalow near Islington and Bloor.   The banana yellow walls of the quaint room gave…

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Wading into the Ocean

Wading into the Ocean

we are on our travels with
the remains of conversations we almost had,
promises cracked through the middle,
wrapped in the cloth that blinds us

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Story... Unfinished...

Story… Unfinished…

The moon’s not yet quite there, and the buildings are hideous,
at most a woman on the corner, or a student lost in sartre and making the world’s riddles

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Heritage

Heritage

By the time their sons learn the meaning of sunset,
only father’s hands remain,
and the plow and the field.

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The Art of Chrysanthemums

The Art of Chrysanthemums

Today I raked a melody
with syllables culled from your lips.
But I miss you when you gather
chrysanthemums each morning;

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The Judgment by Franz Kafka

The Judgment by Franz Kafka

Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.

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