Description:
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's Book of Rahim is his first collection of new poetry in twenty-five years. It contains extraordinary records of the everyday, as well as reimaginings of history that make it a commonplace.
Brief description: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra lives in Dehra Dun, in the foothills of the Himalayas. He is the author of seven books of poetry and two collections of essays, and has also done much translation work. His Selected Poems and Translations was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for poetry, and his Collected Poems was published by Shearsman Books in 2022.