New Releases 2022-2023 titles (new and upcoming) from Mawenzi House

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August 2023

28/08/2023
Mariam Pirbhai’s Isolated Incident reviewed by The Ex-Puritan. Read here.

24/08/2023
Fareh Malik interviewed by Global News Vancouver about Streams that Lead Somewhere. Watch here.

24/08/2023
To Change the World by Chandrakant P Shah listed by CBC Books as one of “46 works of Canadian nonfiction to read in fall 2023.” Read here.

22/08/2023
The Mask by Terry Watada listed by CBC Books as one of “33 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in fall 2023.” Read here.

July 2023

27/07/2023
Manahil and Nimra Bandukwala (Women Wide Awake) interviewed on the The Small Machine Talks podcast. Listen here.

07/07/2023
Farah Malik’s Streams that Lead Somewhere Read more

New from the Blog

  • Holi: Spring Festival of Colours

    Holi: Spring Festival of Colours

    From Mattress Makers, by Sasenarine Persaud. May there always be spring in our eyesand fingers, feet: pink ixoras, red hibiscusmauve madar—green buds everywhere Even live oaks’ allergenic dust coating everythingyellow, golden gainda, daddy said, not marigoldspani re pani tera rang kaisa—is it rain—or Water what is your colour? Or plucked stingsMukesh mixing easily with jhaals chimingfrom UP: Holi Khele Raghuvira Awadh Mein May we sing for a thousand years—more—chowtals, olaras—Mamas crafting coconut gojiasdholaks in arteries, hearts,…

  • Thanksgiving

    From Mattress Makers by Sasenarine Persaud, forthcoming from Mawenzi House. Sun dances through clear-glass doorflagged by palm fronds wavingwebbed arms to bladed bananaLeaf-shadows lounging on fence—a morning thief dropping red petalson clipped lawn Indian orchid heartsrolling wind circumambulatingmy south and yours warm jamunleaves gyrating on weathered paling

  • Listening to Lata

    From Love in a Time of Technology, by Sasenarine Persaud.

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