indiom by Daljit Nagra
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE AUTUMN 2023
Matthew Hedley Stoppard  Poetry Ireland Review

 Poetry Ireland Review

Neil Astley as founder and editor of Bloodaxe Books and editor of the Staying Alive anthology series

and the early poems collected here provide a varied retrospect

Glass is Elastic (2012)

He still lives in Austin today

indiom by Daljit Nagra <br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE AUTUMN 2023</b><br> Matthew Hedley Stoppard  Poetry Ireland ReviewThis East meets West hybrid work combines playful cavort with serious comment. A cast of Indic heritage poets meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian styles on subjects as various as the Indian poet Nissim Ezekiel, Shakespearean comedy, Under Milk Wood, The Simpsons and Newcastle United. Daljit Nagras mock epic scrutinises the legacies of Empire and issues such as power and status, casteism