Amit Majmudar explore les complexités de l'identité et de l'héritage à travers ses œuvres littéraires. Sa prose aborde souvent des thèmes historiques, déterrant des relations humaines profondes et des chocs culturels. La sensibilité poétique de Majmudar transparaît dans ses vers méticuleusement ciselés, qui résonnent d'une puissance métaphorique et d'une grâce rythmique. Son écriture incite les lecteurs à contempler les tensions durables entre tradition et modernité.
Exploring the concept of unlikely intersections, this poetry collection weaves together mythical, biblical, political, and scientific allusions, creating a rich tapestry of themes. Amit Majmudar's work invites readers to experience surprise and wonder through his unique poetic lens, where diverse elements converge at the symbolic crossroads of 0°, 0°. The collection serves as a thought-provoking journey that challenges perceptions and ignites curiosity.
A dramatic, luminous first novel of families and nations broken and formed, Partitions is set during the violent 1947 partition of India, and introduces an extraordinary novelist who writes with the force and lyricism of poetry.
Exploring the immigrant experience, Amit Majmudar captures the complexities of cultural clashes and the challenges of assimilation. The narrative delves into the intricate relationships between generations, highlighting both the struggles and the compassion that define these connections. Through a lens of grace and sharp insight, the book offers a poignant reflection on identity and belonging.
From the author of the critically acclaimed Partitions, a bittersweet novel that explores the heart of family life, the immigrant experience, and bridging the gulfs between generations
Amit Majmudar learned that one of his twins had a potentially fatal congenital heart defect. In Twin A, Majmudar tells his son the epic story of surgeries, complications, and prolonged recoveries that he survived as an infant.
Exploring the themes of resilience and connection, the prize-winning poet delves into the sources of strength that support us amidst a fragmented reality. Through poignant reflections, the work invites readers to consider the emotional and spiritual sustenance that can be found even in challenging times.
Poets on the march: 50 crucial poems written in response to the current political climate, selected and introduced by the Ohio Poet Laureate—and son of immigrants—Amit Majmudar. In a political atmosphere where language and even meaning itself are continually under threat, poetry has a critical role to play. And our poets have been responding—in the streets and at their desks, demanding a full accounting from themselves and from their nation. Majmudar's elegant introduction to these vital poems reminds us that "false stories take a lot of killing because they are made of language. Because they are made of language, though, they can be killed." From Solmaz Sharif and Eileen Myles to Kevin Young and Juan Felipe Herrera, American poets of diverse styles and strategies have contributed their truths: scenes from the front lines of resistance, and from the interior of our collective conscience. A final cento by Majmudar—a poem including at least one line or phrase from each of the poems in the volume—celebrates the robust multiplicity of voices in this book and in America now.
"A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet. Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer, and found that the Bhagavad Gita had much to teach him with its "song of multiplicities." Chief among them is that "its own assertions aren't as important as the relationships between its characters. The Gita imagined a relationship in which the soul and God are equals"; it is, he believes, "the greatest poem of friendship. in any language." His verse translation captures the many tones and strategies Krishna uses with Arjuna--strict and berating, detached and philosophical, tender and personable. "Listening guides" to each section follow the main text, and expand in accessible terms on the text and what is happening between the lines. Godsong is an instant classic in the field, from a poet of skill, fine intellect, and--perhaps most important--devotion"--
A captivating, no-holds-barred collection of new poems from an acclaimed poet and novelist with a fierce and original voice Dothead is an exploration of selfhood both intense and exhilarating. Within the first pages, Amit Majmudar asserts the claims of both the self and the other: the title poem shows us the place of an Indian American teenager in the bland surround of a mostly white peer group, partaking of imagery from the poet’s Hindu tradition; the very next poem is a fanciful autobiography, relying for its imagery on the religious tradition of Islam. From poems about the treatment at the airport of people who look like Majmudar (“my dark unshaven brothers / whose names overlap with the crazies and God fiends”) to a long, freewheeling abecedarian poem about Adam and Eve and the discovery of oral sex, Dothead is a profoundly satisfying cultural critique and a thrilling experiment in language. United across a wide range of tones and forms, the poems inhabit and explode multiple perspectives, finding beauty in every one.