Shadow Reader by Imtiaz Dharker
Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2024 Mervyn Taylor in a wide range of

in a wide range of forms the poems take necessary risks in their scrupulous approach to different experiences

for its celebration of remembered pleasures

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Shadow Reader by Imtiaz Dharker<br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2024</b> Mervyn Taylor in a wide range ofShadow Reader is a radiant criss cross of encounters, messages and Punjabi proverbs, shot through with the dark thread of an unwelcome prophecy. The poems bind this looming curse to the occupation of countries, the earth and its creatures, those who own the story and those who redirect it through art or artifice. Does the warp look back at the one who is weaving and say, This is not how I remember it? Imtiaz Dharkers collection pays attention to