Description:
Polychromasia metaphorically looks at the many hues of life as it is lived, especially in India. It takes on love, the biosphere, patriarchy, class, and caste, and the practice and appreciation of art.
Brief description: Mohineet Kaur Boparai has been published widely internationally, in magazines such as Phantom Drift, Zymbol, Lindenwood Review, Pilgrimage, Boschcombe Revolution, South Asian Ensemble, and Nether Magazine. She has published two previous volumes of poetry, Poems That Never Were (Writers Workshop, Kolkata 2007), and The Wind in a Seashell (After the Pause Press, USA 2016) and two chapbooks, Windows to the Ocean, and Lives of My Love (MiddleIsland Press, 2012). Zymbol also published an interview with her under the title India's Rising Star, and she has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has been an assistant professor at DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab. She lives in Brampton, Ontario.
Review Quotes:
"Polychromasia furthers the poet's goal of challenging the reader to actively create their own meaning." --Herizons Magazine